Omega Seamaster 300 Ref. 165.024 - Looking for opinions on o

A fake watch with an Omega movement.

just search the forum, at least two of these posts appear a week. people are getting tired 😉

Crenellations on the bezel are far too pronounced, and the indexes on the plastic insert are imitation beige instead of white. The numbers on the insert also lack depth/dimensionality. The originals weren’t just printed, but moulded. The crown is the wrong profile and has the wrong number of teeth. In general, the machining quality is quite poor, and this is especially apparent on the caseback but can likely be seen on the midcase between the lugs and at the interface where the bezel mates to the midcase.

I won’t speak too much on the dial as there are far more qualified members that know about the year-to-year variations. However, from what I understand, the seconds hand should be painted white, and vintage SM300s (especially big triangle dials) almost never have that level of strong, almost orange lume. It’s usually far more pale and custard like.

Unfortunately, a lot of these fakes have proliferated through the Japanese market, but at least these tells are present on pretty much all of them, and easy to identify at a glance for anyone who’s done some cursory research.

It’s fake. I don’t like pointing out the issues as one wonders whether it helps counterfeiters improve.