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Please opinion for buy Seamaster 300 3rd Military Cal.562 ST14755

  1. mountainunder Dec 21, 2020

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    Hello, Omega Forum!

    I found a Seamaster 300 3rd Military Cal.562 ST14755 in an auction.
    I would like to know what you guys think about it.
    It looks good in my opinion.
    Please let me know if there is anything I have missed.

    This is an auction, so the price is not fixed. (Start from 1)
    Seller has asked Omega for a quote for service.
    The seller confirmed the quote and cancelled the service.
    The windshield has been replaced from the original with a genuine Omega plastic domed one.
    The history of parts replacement is unknown.

    This is the only photo I have. Sorry.

    I am using a translation service. Sorry for the strange English.
     
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  2. Franco Dec 21, 2020

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    It is a Vietnamese fake. Assignment number from Knirim book, pointy 3 in the bezel, closed 9 and stubs at the indices. Worth about 80 USD at street markets.

    also, the 562 is a movement with date, nothing to do with the 165.024.
     
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  3. mountainunder Dec 21, 2020

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    I thought it was real because of the service quote from Omega.
    Thank you for your help.
     
  4. janice&fred Dec 21, 2020

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    Kowloon has loads of them too. I suspect this one is Hong Kong manufactured as the bezel knurling is similar and not as well machined as the Vietnam examples I have come across in the Philippines.
     
  5. Franco Dec 21, 2020

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    The seller tells this story because may be he really has contacted them with a generic enquiry "I have a Seamaster 300" and got an approximate price. Omega Bienne usually quotes in detail after having inspected the watch - and in this case if they had inspected I would think they could have blocked the watch as a fake.

    Omega Bienne has never seen the watch now, or in the past (only the movement was born in Switzerland).
     
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  6. mountainunder Dec 22, 2020

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    For reference, here is a picture of the service quote from Omega Japan.
    The estimate looks correct (then again, I could be wrong...)
    I wonder if it's an estimate for a different watch...

    The service includes
    Complete service from the original manufacturer (A)
    Complete set of hands Dial replacement

    Thank you all very much!
     
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  7. omegaman Dec 22, 2020

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    Maybe someone at Omega Japan thought "Wow... that is exactly THE 14755 from the 2007 Antiquorum Omegamania auction, that was sold for CHF 40.000 those days. How lucky I am to restore it."

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    Picture source:
    https://catalog.antiquorum.swiss/en/lots/omega-lot-158-128

    So obviously not the 1st neither the last time some Omega "experts" took such an asian replica for authentic.

    :D
     
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  8. Concer Dec 22, 2020

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    Is there any reference to exact the SN that the quoted watch has on this service paper? I can’t find any. Otherwise it could be a service quote from any other SM300?!
     
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  9. omegaman Dec 22, 2020

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    Unlikely... unless the serviced watch was another fake. Because a 14755 cannot be equipped with a 562 caliber. As simple as that.
     
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  10. Franco Dec 22, 2020

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    Can anybody read japanese and tell us what is written on those papers?
     
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  11. ndgal Dec 22, 2020

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    It says: Fake Watch
    (And I don't even know Japanese...)
     
  12. watchyouwant ΩF Clairvoyant Dec 22, 2020

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    Is Cancel on the paper like Cancel ? Plenty of NATO straps to obstruct the txt......Oh Dear.....
     
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  13. mountainunder Dec 23, 2020

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    All three images are from a single service quote
    The first image shows the contents of the product. (The watch, the quotation and the nylon strap)
     
  14. mountainunder Dec 23, 2020

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    The red circle to the left of the barcode in the upper right corner is a stamp indicating that it was created by 'Tokyo Customer Service' on September 9, 2020.
    The part hidden by the nylon strap in the upper left corner is the client's address, phone number, and other contact information, so it is hidden.
     
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  15. mountainunder Dec 23, 2020

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    It is marked 'CANCEL' because the service request was refused.
     
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  16. mountainunder Dec 23, 2020

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    The Japanese of the image has been exported.
    Can use a translation service to translate it.
     
  17. mountainunder Dec 23, 2020

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    作業 TS 遅れ NP
    依頼 文字板上にゴミ。オーバーホールかバーシャルリペアサービス。

    お預かり時の状態
     1253 文字板黒色    1205 文字板 針シミ 文字板傷
     1247 文字板 針夜光変色 3301 ケースガラス傷
        ケース 裏面傷      ベゼル傷
     文字板上に風防の接着剤のようなものあり。針曲がり、文字板にスレ跡。

    コマ 6時側( )コ 12時側( )コ

    ブランド OMEGA
    リファレンスNo. ST14755
    キャリパーNo. 562
    アクゼサリー クロナイロン
    シリアルNo.
    ご請求金額(税込) 90,420

    コード サービス内容 ご請求金額
    6301 本国 メーカー コンプリートサービス (A) 63,800
    4406 針一式 0
    4702 文字板交換 26,620
    (合 計) 90,420
    (内消費税) 8,220

    CANCEL

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  18. mountainunder Dec 23, 2020

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    The serial number field is left blank in the quotation.
    The service quoted is to send the watch back to the country of origin, replace the dial and hands, and Maker complete ervice.
    The service price is 90,420 Japanese Yen including tax.
    Thank you all very much!
     
  19. mountainunder Dec 23, 2020

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  20. rote amazone Dec 23, 2020

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    Its a recipe for japanese onion soup :p
     
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