Hello guys! This is my first post here on the forum, and I hope I am in the right thread. As mentioned in the title, I am going to buy an Vintage Omega watch. And I found an Omega from 1956 with the cal. 501. Do you guys think all of the parts are real, or is anything changed over the years? (for example the dial without the "Swiss Made"). As this is my first vintage purchase I ask for your professional opinions, and hope that someone could help me a little bit. Watch was serviced 2015 and on my opinion the dial is a bit asymmetric. I think the Caseback, movement and watch hands are authentic. Would you guys GL this watch or is anything strange? Any opinion is appreciated! Best Regards Sebastian
My immediate reaction on seing the dial is that it has been repainted. All other parts of the watch are genuine and quite well preserved, the gold capped case is in nice condition. Maybe others can offer an opinion on the dial. Still a nice watch and well worth caring for and wearing (if serviced).
I think I can see ‘Swiss made' on the base of the dial - or have I misunderstood one of your queries. I can’t help you as to whether or not it is a redial but it is a very nice looking watch.
As @Spruce said, Swiss Made is there, just hard to see. @JimInOz what are you seeing that has you questioning, the spacing around the marker at 10? Anything else?
No sure if this helps or hinders, but my 1958, Cal 501, 18K Dennison UK case version has the coathanger S sorry for the lousy pic
Yes, around the 10 and a couple of others (11, 2 and 8) and the S seems too early for 56, I would have expected a coathanger.
I see some imperfections on the dial, but overall, it looks ok to me. It's true that the coathanger S would have been more common.
Thank you very much for your opinions! So when the watch is serviced and everything else is fine, would you buy it for about 500-600 €? I would love to have such a good looking vintage watch. A perfect fit for my collection.
The round S is fine for a 2846 from ‘56-7 IMO. Mines the same and on a later 15.65m serial but my 1959 example on 16.5m has the coathanger S. I don’t see anything wrong there, it’s just unusually clean.
I think the dial is okay, too. No signs of redial IMO. Regarding the S, I’ve not yet learned any rules to determine what is correct and what it not. Maybe others have. The challenging part is they seem to be intermingled with coat hanger S variants. For reference, I’ve had 9 Seamasters with the round S. 1 from 1951 1 from 1953 3 from 1954 3 from 1955 1 from 1957
I don't think that price would be too bad if the watch is serviced. But you really need to make sure it's a proper full service.
I would also vote a very good redial. With a curved S in Seamaster I would expect the drop r to be more pronounced.