Question about a 166.032 Seamaster

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I presume my instinct on this is right, but there are so many incredibly knowledgeable people here who've seen way more watches than I have, so I wanted to ask.

A vintage 166.032 is at auction, but it features a dial I've never seen before, ever. On the one hand: my instinct is that it's a fake, given the imprecision of the printing. That said: I can convince myself that, in fact, it's some extremely uncommon variant and I've simply never seen it before. The minute track also gives pause.

So, collective wisdom of the Omega Forums: is this a fake-dialed Seamaster 166.032? If it's in fact authentic and I'm accidentally highlighting a watch others wish I wouldn't: my apologies. I'm truly just curious.

 
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The quality of the dial looks pretty good to me. I'm not a huge fan of day-date watches so I wouldn't have noticed different styles of 166.032 dials. Maybe someone swapped in a dial from another reference.

I do think that the sparkle dials tend to be most popular. Regarding this example, I trust you've noticed the hand damage.