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Ángel Laguna
·Ho omega forum, I bought this Omega Seamaster Calibre 562 CD 166.010 60s and I want to know if is real and not a Frankenstein
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Dan S
·The movement seems to be a bit of a hodgepodge, unless it's just the lighting in the photo. I guess it should be gold-capped given the reference number, but it's really hard to see the condition and color of the case from those photos.
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efauser
·Ask before spending your money.
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janice&fred
·It's a real Omega. Minus the bracelet.
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Archer
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The watch clearly needs a service. There is rust on the crown wheel core and screw, the rotor has been scraping both the case back and the bridge. The case back seal is shot also, and the rust makes you wonder how much of the movement may be damaged, so this one is not in great shape based on the photo.
As for the different colours of movement parts...please keep in mind that when Omega released this movement, one of the "features" was an automatic winding system that could be removed and replaced as a unit. This is not necessarily a sign of anything nefarious as people often feel it might be. This is how watches were maintained back then, as it was quicker for the watchmaker to replace the whole unit, then take it all apart and service all the parts inside. This is actually pretty common on these watches.
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Dan S
·This is not necessarily a sign of anything nefarious as people often feel it might be. This is how watches were maintained back then, as it was quicker for the watchmaker to replace the whole unit, then take it all apart and service all the parts inside. This is actually pretty common on these watches.
I agree it's basically a sign of a repair, and from that perspective there's nothing wrong with it. Definitely not nefarious. But from a collector's perspective, it's probably not as desirable as a matching movement. This is where the watchmaker can legitimately roll his eyes at the collector. As you know, one of the most exciting things a collector can find is a vintage watch where the movement has never been touched, even though that means it hasn't been well-maintained.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerI agree it's basically a sign of a repair, and from that perspective there's nothing wrong with it. Definitely not nefarious. But from a collector's perspective, it's probably not as desirable as a matching movement. This is where the watchmaker can legitimately roll his eyes at the collector. As you know, one of the most exciting things a collector can find is a vintage watch where the movement has never been touched, even though that means it hasn't been well-maintained.
I've been here long enough to understand the collector's mindset on this. In fact, that's why I joined here, to better understand what collectors (my customers) want.
But when people characterize this as a "franken" or "put together", which implies something done to potentially deceive, I think it's worth pointing out that this is not necessarily the case.
By all means value the more original movement more if that's important to you as a collector. It's the assigning of some ulterior motive that I am addressing specifically.
