Yandards
·First post and straight in with the request for a bit of help IDing a watch.
Had a 551 cal piepan Constellation for about a decade now, love it but wanted something else and started scouting ebay.
Picked up a Seamaster 1022 cal, case back numbers are 1630213.1 and 3660845.
Problem is that that case back number comes back as a TV screen type case not the round case it is in.
Can't see any obvious signs of forgery on the dial with my limited knowledge and the hands and dial face all match up nicely albeit with the lume having fallen out of the ends of the hour markers.
Omegas own info on the case does show it as the TV type. Movement serial number suggests around 1977 or 1978.
Case back also looks a bit odd when comparing it to others from watchguys photo library, case crystal isn't an original as it doesn't have the embossed logo above the dial centre.
I know with my 551 (that is original as it was my grandfather's from new and I have all the original paperwork for it) some of the info on Omegas site doesn't always add up.
Finally I've had a dig around trying to find something in the catalogues from the era, again similar styles but not that specific combination.
Can someone please advise if I have a replacement caseback or if the whole thing is just dodgy?
![PXL_20220323_113700911.jpg PXL_20220323_113700911.jpg](https://omegaforums.net/data/attachments/1391/1391985-452ff039cf34a5571b275f414b245416.jpg?hash=RS_wOc80pV)
![PXL_20220323_113621195.jpg PXL_20220323_113621195.jpg](https://omegaforums.net/data/attachments/1391/1391987-8d75c470525f556959fead5c9bfec46e.jpg?hash=jXXEcFJfVW)
Had a 551 cal piepan Constellation for about a decade now, love it but wanted something else and started scouting ebay.
Picked up a Seamaster 1022 cal, case back numbers are 1630213.1 and 3660845.
Problem is that that case back number comes back as a TV screen type case not the round case it is in.
Can't see any obvious signs of forgery on the dial with my limited knowledge and the hands and dial face all match up nicely albeit with the lume having fallen out of the ends of the hour markers.
Omegas own info on the case does show it as the TV type. Movement serial number suggests around 1977 or 1978.
Case back also looks a bit odd when comparing it to others from watchguys photo library, case crystal isn't an original as it doesn't have the embossed logo above the dial centre.
I know with my 551 (that is original as it was my grandfather's from new and I have all the original paperwork for it) some of the info on Omegas site doesn't always add up.
Finally I've had a dig around trying to find something in the catalogues from the era, again similar styles but not that specific combination.
Can someone please advise if I have a replacement caseback or if the whole thing is just dodgy?
![Screenshot_20220327-131043.png Screenshot_20220327-131043.png](https://omegaforums.net/data/attachments/1391/1391981-35a682d21864ed1ae01526fca2d43509.jpg?hash=NaaC0hhk7R)
![Screenshot_20220327-131032.png Screenshot_20220327-131032.png](https://omegaforums.net/data/attachments/1391/1391982-99e6ce75c1f52bb7340e67ed94fd8923.jpg?hash=mebOdcH1K7)
![Screenshot_20220327-130805.png Screenshot_20220327-130805.png](https://omegaforums.net/data/attachments/1391/1391983-81c54d608d6b47e9f7818bf840e54ed7.jpg?hash=gcVNYI1rR-)
![Screenshot_20220327-130746.png Screenshot_20220327-130746.png](https://omegaforums.net/data/attachments/1391/1391984-dc81f22bc5af41a345149f9da5d84fee.jpg?hash=3IHyK8WvQa)
![PXL_20220323_113700911.jpg PXL_20220323_113700911.jpg](https://omegaforums.net/data/attachments/1391/1391985-452ff039cf34a5571b275f414b245416.jpg?hash=RS_wOc80pV)
![PXL_20220323_113644323.jpg PXL_20220323_113644323.jpg](https://omegaforums.net/data/attachments/1391/1391986-a7ad3dbca1be5f1700688513a0a142dd.jpg?hash=p609vKG-Xx)
![PXL_20220323_113621195.jpg PXL_20220323_113621195.jpg](https://omegaforums.net/data/attachments/1391/1391987-8d75c470525f556959fead5c9bfec46e.jpg?hash=jXXEcFJfVW)