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·I’ve recently purchased a late 50s Seamaster. I recognise this piece to be a US market model as the cal. 500 movement is stamped with “OXG” (I haven’t been able to locate any photos but I’ve inspected it myself during a service with my local watchmaker).
I’ve been informed by an(other) Omega-certified watchmaker that during that era, Omega only sent movements to the US and the watches are cased locally by different suppliers. As such, details like crown, case shapes, and dial fonts & furnitures might slightly differ than what is the Swiss standard.
My issue with the example I have is with the latter. I’m not pretty sure with the dial’s authenticity. I included the third photo with the coloured markings and made these observations:
• Green - the positions of the 9 and 3 are not aligned; the “3” sits slightly higher. In photos it might not be obvious, but if you place a straight-lined sheet of paper on it in real life, you can feel the difference pretty clearly.
• Blue - the arrow markers aren’t centered relative to the minute markers on their left and right; the distance to each side isn’t equal.
• Red - the distance from the left arrow marker to the center (the minute marker at 12) is not the same as the distance from the right arrow marker to the center. I double-checked this several times using a ruler.
• Purple - under a loupe, on the Omega text, the first “mountain” of the M shows ink bleeding that could either be a sign of aging or a redial.
My questions are: are these actually manufacturing errors and acceptable slight variations? Or do these actually point to a redial?
Thank you in advance for your kind help, I wish you a great day, and a great life.
I’ve been informed by an(other) Omega-certified watchmaker that during that era, Omega only sent movements to the US and the watches are cased locally by different suppliers. As such, details like crown, case shapes, and dial fonts & furnitures might slightly differ than what is the Swiss standard.
My issue with the example I have is with the latter. I’m not pretty sure with the dial’s authenticity. I included the third photo with the coloured markings and made these observations:
• Green - the positions of the 9 and 3 are not aligned; the “3” sits slightly higher. In photos it might not be obvious, but if you place a straight-lined sheet of paper on it in real life, you can feel the difference pretty clearly.
• Blue - the arrow markers aren’t centered relative to the minute markers on their left and right; the distance to each side isn’t equal.
• Red - the distance from the left arrow marker to the center (the minute marker at 12) is not the same as the distance from the right arrow marker to the center. I double-checked this several times using a ruler.
• Purple - under a loupe, on the Omega text, the first “mountain” of the M shows ink bleeding that could either be a sign of aging or a redial.
My questions are: are these actually manufacturing errors and acceptable slight variations? Or do these actually point to a redial?
Thank you in advance for your kind help, I wish you a great day, and a great life.
