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Plees
·Missed out on this one at auction, but thought the unconventional dial was interesting & attractive.
Omega Seamaster - A guide to special dials
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theluckyluke
·I came across this one on eBay. No idea if legit, but as far as I can remember it's not a pattern registered in this thread yet.
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hejsam
·I came across this one on eBay. No idea if legit, but as far as I can remember it's not a pattern registered in this thread yet.
You also missed the what-to-call-these-dials
Edit: Sorry missed that your work only was pointed to Seamaster
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theluckyluke
·I have to acknowledge that I only checked the first post to verify if it was included 😉
It’s close, but not quite the same pattern though. I can’t see the horizontal and vertical lines in between the squares. But could be down to the picture resolution.
It’s close, but not quite the same pattern though. I can’t see the horizontal and vertical lines in between the squares. But could be down to the picture resolution.
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hejsam
·I have to acknowledge that I only checked the first post to verify if it was included 😉
It’s close, but not quite the same pattern though. I can’t see the horizontal and vertical lines in between the squares. But could be down to the picture resolution.
They are of course differences - mine was not a Seamaster, not a date and had a subdial 😀
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bogscab2
·Wow great thread and very informative. Beautiful photos too.
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X350 XJR
··Vintage Omega AficionadoRan across this on eBay the other day, sorry no reference.
Don't recall this particular "mattress" variation before (but also didn't go through all thirteen pages of this post again).
Don't recall this particular "mattress" variation before (but also didn't go through all thirteen pages of this post again).
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kaplan
·It's another good day to not be a SMDV collector
There's a guy in Vietnam being very good at his craft though, so I know question everything, if he didn't explicitly said the dial was redone on his listings, it's impossible to tell, when those hit the market, it will be mayhem-ish
There's a guy in Vietnam being very good at his craft though, so I know question everything, if he didn't explicitly said the dial was redone on his listings, it's impossible to tell, when those hit the market, it will be mayhem-ish
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PlainVanilla
·It's another good day to not be a SMDV collector
There's a guy in Vietnam being very good at his craft though, so I know question everything, if he didn't explicitly said the dial was redone on his listings, it's impossible to tell, when those hit the market, it will be mayhem-ish
Can you post some examples?
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kaplan
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PlainVanilla
·This certainly doesn't look like a redial.
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kaplan
·This certainly doesn't look like a redial.
This guy will single handedly ruin the vintage market: https://www.ebay.com/itm/3261245720...v6gSkV5Q6K&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
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PlainVanilla
·This Constellation looks fake though.
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kaplan
·Maybe he will improve, a friend from OF is keeping a closer eye on the Vietnam market, but its definitely not good, extremely realistic parts etc. could already be amongst us
This black dial Constellation tricks me on the thumbnail level, but the SMDV I still didn’t recover from, it’s the best redial I’ve ever seen
I think just one thing gives away both of them, probably best left untold so he doesn’t improve it
This black dial Constellation tricks me on the thumbnail level, but the SMDV I still didn’t recover from, it’s the best redial I’ve ever seen
I think just one thing gives away both of them, probably best left untold so he doesn’t improve it
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PlainVanilla
·I don't think it's such a big deal.
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·Rare, one of a kind-ish SMDV models will be very impossible to prove now - so it’s a big deal for SMDV’s, I think it could become a big deal for other models too.
It’s a big deal for me as I was a believer before this watch, now I doubt whether most of these very unique SMDV’s are actually craftsman watches
Some of my best finds were watches that the seller thought was redials but it was actually not, this SMDV though, it being sold by the guy himself, I took it as a fact that he was able to perfect his SMDV plate
It’s a big deal for me as I was a believer before this watch, now I doubt whether most of these very unique SMDV’s are actually craftsman watches
Some of my best finds were watches that the seller thought was redials but it was actually not, this SMDV though, it being sold by the guy himself, I took it as a fact that he was able to perfect his SMDV plate
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PlainVanilla
·In a world where repainted dials and original ones are undistinguishable, some people like you assume that everything is fake, but I don't believe it would break the market in any way at all. A lot of these unique dials appear in period catalogues so no, most of them are not repainted watches. Sit back and relax.
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·In a world where repainted dials and original ones are undistinguishable, some people like you assume that everything is fake, but I don't believe it would break the market in any way at all. A lot of these unique dials appear in period catalogues so no, most of them are not repainted watches. Sit back and relax.
This certainly doesn't look like a redial.
These 2 statements are very contradictory, when a redial doesn’t look like a redial, it’s no longer a time you can relax
I also doubt you can even find 10% of the models you/we as a community documented here on period catalogues, so one positive thought is that we already countered a potential new wave of hyper realistic fakes by this effort
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PlainVanilla
·I'm not contradicting myself. I think that a watch that looks like an original one in every way and that might be original indeed is a perfect watch to buy and wear. Why all the concern?
