The thing that's odd is that there is only one.
The Grail, as we know, is exceedingly rare to begin with. If it can be established that my dial has never been refinished, which I believe my photos indicate, this lends credence to the prototype dial theory.
And it will remain a theory, namely your theory. You are entitled to your own opinion and I hope you enjoy the dial, but unless the kind folks at the Omega Museum agree with you it doesn't appear that anyone on this forum agrees with your theory.
This isn't a democracy. The technical subject matter being discussed here may even be above those idiots at Bienne.
This isn't a democracy. The technical subject matter being discussed here may even be above those idiots at Bienne.
This isn't a democracy. The technical subject matter being discussed here may even be above those idiots at Bienne.
Just like @TsoloT indicated, the OP dial is a redial, poorly refinished one at that.
Uneven paint layer making the dial surface not flat (second picture below has the impression that the dial is bent). Poor print quality, wrong fonts, no serif on these words OMEGA, Speedmaster, AUTOMATIC and SWISS MADE. And Swiss Made specifically, very very poor quality with smear all over, can never pass for a quality original Swiss dial.
Hell, this forum loves a good fight with prototypes! 😝
This is just a spare dial, OP can survive to fight another day. 😉
Would like to know why my fellow forum member thinks the guys at Bienne are ‘stupid’
I have the pleasure of talking to These guys on a regular basis and they are incredibly knowledgeable given the vast amount of information the huge number of models and the variations therein
I am not pleading their case Unfortunate at Omega the records Are not necessarily kept in the best order and files as recent as the late 1980s are often missing
And it makes even more problematical is that when Watches went to the distributors they themselves may have made some amendments variations and similarly when onward to the retailers
However In my humble opinion it is very unlikely that anybody went to the trouble of making very very small number Dial prints to satisfy what is effectively a service market
I must agree with my sharp eyed forum member and the merger of the 1 and 2 the 24-hour position with the low-density of the prints
Is clearly an example of the low quality referred to
I am also deeply suspicious as to the colour of the lume ......was this constructed at the time tritium was still around Because as far as I know nobody could have accessed tritium for the last 20 years or more And this lume is remarkably uniform in colour and texture And the usual lume printing from Singers where this dial supposed to come from is usually very very poor for this particular model Dial
So, in your opinion, someone went to great lengths to create a fake dial of an extremely niche model with tritium lume. This doesn't seem likely...
I think "redial" would be the term most widely used... unless the whole thing including the plate was created.
