Ok so im very new to this whole thread thing so I have no clue what I'm doing.

Lets get right to it. I've had this omega 2531.80 for quite some time and I absolutely love it. It is insanely accurate and built like a tank. I was looking around online a few days ago and noticed something strange. My watch has the dial like the 36mm version where the waves of the dial are symmetrical in reference to the dial. Where as most other smp 300s I see the waves are off set. I will post pictures so you can see what I'm talking about. Has my watch been redialed in the past? Is this uncommon? I have yet to find another 2531.80 with the centered wave dials. In info would be greatly appreciated. The pictures I have posted consist of my watch and a picture I found on the Internet of the differences of the dial. The one on the left is like mine and the one on the left is like 99% of the 2531.80s I see.

 

Some corrections in my post are needed. I meant to say the dial on the left is like mine and the dial on the RIGHT is like all other 2431.80s I see.

 

An interesting discrepancy you have seen there. I'm sorry, I do not have any answers, but I am surprised they're not all centred and symmetrical?

 

Judging by the slight discolouration of your plots, I would suggest yours is the earlier pre 97 tritium dial so perhaps the design was changed slightly when they moved to Superluminova. I dont think you have anything to worry about here.

 

Its not tritium, no T on the dial.

 

It can be. No SMP has Ts, even the earliest. Many 80s and 90s Omegas with tritium such as pre Bonds or Omegamatics have no Ts but all came with Tritium dials.

Do you know what year it was made Ashton? My money is on 93-97

 

I've seen them both ways - it's nothing to be concerned about from an originality standpoint. And yes it's a tritium era dial, and no they didn't have T's...

Cheers, Al

 

I stand corrected I thought tritium had to have T's on the dial.

 

I think the Speedies do, but other Omega lines with lume dials from the era in question don't. Search google images on some other 80s and 90s models (and I think some 70s too) and you will see what I mean, not a T to be seen.

 

Thank you all for your input!

 

Unfortunately I do not know the production year but I would like to find out. The serial number is 60109343

 

From a quick search, that should place the watch in the 1999-2000 range. Mine is actually from 2000 and I have the same dial as yours. So I think you (read: we) are fine!

 

It would be good to hear @Archer comment on the year if he feels it appropriate since I have 60m serial models (slightly higher numbers than the OP) with papers dated 1997 & 1998 so I think the OPs watch is earlier than this, the papers can of course be much later than the year of manufacture or have incorrect dates. It wouldn't have had a tritium dial from the factory in 1999 anyhow. From my own experiences, I am not sure that the serials exactly correspond with the lists on the internet during this period with some lines out of sync with others.

 

There's no source I know of that definitively states the year based on the serial number. Omega doesn't give this information on the Extranet, since they want to charge people for an extract...

I'm basing my view that it's tritium based on the appearance of the lume on the dial and in the pip on the bezel.

 

I do believe it is tritium. It doesn't glow very bright but if it is a 90s piece that makes since to me. Thank you for your expertise.