Educate me, sensei's. I thought the minute track on all pie-pan dials was on the flat surface, not on the facets as shown above. The seller is insistent that the dial is original, but admits he bought it from watchestobuy.com. Verdict?

 

I found an old post having the same watch in it.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/first-omega.8796/

And if you search ''Omega 168025'' there are some with the same layout. So it could be genuine. But I don't know this Ref and it looks off

 

I wouldn't discount OPs watch as a redial. We are dealing with a reference which is known to have dials outside the norm.

 

See, that's exactly what I would have said, with my limited knowledge. But now I am even more unsure and intimidated, even

 

Most of these dials had a vertical satin finish in the center, so the sunburst finish is a bit of a red flag. But there was a lot of variation in these, and the pic is kind of blurry, it’s hard to get a clear look at it straight on, so I wouldn’t say one way or another yet.

Regardless I wasn’t aware there were endlinks for brickwork bracelets that fit flat 18mm ends like that... I have a monocoque DeVille (case is almost identical) that I’d love on that bracelet. It tends to wear on the smaller side for some reason despite actually being 34mm and I suspect these Connies wear the same way

 

Looks like this exact watch was subject to discussion here a few years ago: https://omegaforums.net/threads/looking-for-an-opinion-and-some-advice.9913/

 

Not quite, see how the indices are more rectangular?

 

I don't think so because I've found that dial style from multiple photo sources. Unless the same watch *really* gets around, I think that style is factory correct.

 

None of the watches in the post you linked seem to match the exact dial under discussion, can you be more specific?

 

I guess the sunburst dials were also correct for these after all...

Speaking of these though, it seems like I see these monocoque Connies with black painted markers vs actual onyx inlaid markers more than any other model. Which is unfortunate as more often than not I see the black paint starting to deteriorate. I’m aware that it was done in some of the other models of Seamasters and Connies from around this era as well, but was this just a cost cutting measure at the end of the cal 56x/ 75x lines before the cal 10xx watches could be introduced? Because there are some cal 10xx pieces out there that have actual onyx in them again... and onyx isn’t really all that expensive

 

AFAIK, onyx was mostly based out in the mid-sixties from the main Omega lines.

 

I predict the same will be said about this one in 50 years.

 

"T Swiss Made T" but no lume on the hands?