Hi!
I saw this Omega Seamaster I really liked, but I wasn’t exactly sure if it was real or whether it had a redial done. I’ve never seen this kind of second hand before on an Omega and the second marks seem…low quality.
Can anyone offer some insight?
Thanks!

 

I'm just getting into Omega vintage watches but it looks like a redial to me. The text is too thick. I normally see thin crisp text on "Seamaster". The outer marks (not sure what they're called) also have inconsistent thickness.

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can chime in.

 

I might be wrong but the hands don't look compatible with the dial either. It looks off to me.

 

Redial, wrong hands, overpolished case.

Pass.

 

Refinished dial.

Correct hour and minute hands, these are "Alpha" style hands, correct for this reference, second hand not correct.

Also note this is a mid-size reference, 32mm.

 

I stand corrected on the hour/minute hands.

 

Thank you so much!! This was all very helpful!

 

The second hand is wrong because of the lume thing on the end and the visible bearing at the centre.
The dial has many tells. Crude print, crude seconds markers, no lume when the hands have lume, non-sarif print font.

 

Ummm, what do you think this is, it's lume, big bars of lume.

 

would it be possible to replace the dial and hands with the proper ones for this watch?

 

Possibly, but it will be way easier to find a nice example that doesn't need parts swapped. It will take patience. It took me about a year to find a vintage Seamaster I liked at a fair price.

 

I suppose it is lume. I thought that was shadow and was expecting lume pips that matched the hand colour. Still a redial.
OP you will be better off to buy a good unadulterated watch than to fix up this one. The case can't be unpolished.

 

Agree with other comments. Much much easier to spend a bit longer and spend a bit more buying a good, original watch to start with.
Buying a cheap redial and sourcing a replacement, factory dial will almost certainly end up taking an age and costing more than simply buying a good watch to start with.

 

There is a bearing in the center? I did not know Seamasters used bearings there. (Sarcasm intended)

 

Ok Mr sarcasm, what do you call the round hole collar thingy where the hand attaches to the shaft? Enlighten us please.

 

The pipe.