Seamaster 2016

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Peter_from_NL

·Dec 19, 2021

Hello, I have been away for a long time. I used to find this a perfect source for knowledge. I stumbled into this watch. I have the original myself. I tried to find any differences and I cannot find any. Does anybody see a reason to believe this is not genuine?

Thanks,

 

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Peter_from_NL

·Dec 21, 2021

Normally only bumps for a FS but since it also works here…. Nobody any comment on this?, please.

 

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riimar

·Dec 21, 2021

Maybe add some better pictures of the movement and dial if possible?

 

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ChiefMark

·Dec 21, 2021

I think the issue here is low res photos and the movement details are out of focus.

 

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Peter_from_NL

·Dec 21, 2021

Sorry. All I have. I also tried to do it the other way around and looked online for replica’s of this rather specific 2016 Olympic Seamaster and could not find any so perhaps that way proved it the other way around?….

 

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redpcar

·Dec 21, 2021

My opinion is a replica.
Original from the web:

Yours appears to be a Miyota derivative.

 

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Scarecrow Boat

·Dec 21, 2021

redpcar

My opinion is a replica.

And to mention

 

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Peter_from_NL

·Dec 21, 2021

Thanks. Funny thing is that I have an original 8500 and it has the same little “thingy”…..

 

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Peter_from_NL

·Dec 21, 2021

You are now making me very nervous. I have this watch. All in including original box and card and the whole thing. I tried to make a sort of macro photo with more light and in my watch I also do not see this little thing (is it a lever or so?). Which would imply I bought a fake through real channels????

 

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Longbow

·Dec 21, 2021

I don’t recall Omega issuing an Aqua Terra for the 2016 Rio Olympics; only the Bullhead, 300M Diver and (according to my daughter) “the very pretty” Speedy MKII with gold/silver/bronze sub-dial rings. This later “Rio” model was the only one shown in the 2015 Omega catalog; at least in Germany.

If you have an original Rio Aqua Terra it would be interesting to see the cards and reference numbers for it.

 

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redpcar

·Dec 21, 2021

Get the serial numbers off the lugs and google them.

Edited: Dec 21, 2021

 

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Peter_from_NL

·Dec 21, 2021

It is the 231.10.42.21.03.006

it has the Copacabana pattern in the dial. I think it was sold at the other side of the world.

this is the link:
https://www.omegawatches.com/watch-...r-co-axial-chronometer-41-5-mm-23110422103006

edit, the info from Rio 2016 was clearly wrong. I think I got it wrong since the seller referred to the pattern as the Copacabana beach pattern. My bad.

Edited: Dec 21, 2021

 

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Scarecrow Boat

·Dec 21, 2021

Here is a genuine 8500 in an Aqua Terra

Here is a replica

Your images are not of a genuine movement.

Edited: Dec 21, 2021

 

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Peter_from_NL

·Dec 21, 2021

Holy cow. And it has been with an AD!

 

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Longbow

·Dec 21, 2021

Arno (NL)

It is the 231.10.42.21.03.006

it has the Copacabana pattern in the dial. I think it was sold at the other side of the world.

this is the link:
https://www.omegawatches.com/watch-...r-co-axial-chronometer-41-5-mm-23110422103006

edit, the info from Rio 2016 was clearly wrong. I think I got it wrong since the seller referred to the pattern as the Copacabana beach pattern. My bad.

Odd. Your link works, but when I copy/paste that reference number from your link into the search field the Omega site fails to find it, despite working for the 300M Rio model. I don’t recall Bruno aka Riviera Paradise (was/is? based in Rio) ever mentioning it either.

 

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vitriol

·Dec 22, 2021

Arno (NL)

Thanks. Funny thing is that I have an original 8500 and it has the same little “thingy”…..

Omega 8500 calibre has a free sprung balance thus a regulator lever is not there (is not needed).
"The thing" (lever) is needed in fakes as they do not have free sprung balances.

Also, mind a direction how the stud screw is installed:

Yours

Omega 8500 (photo credit to https://www.photo2montres.fr/en/marques/omega/aqua-terra-8500)

With all due respect, I doubt your 8500 is the original Omega calibre.

 

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ChiefMark

·Dec 22, 2021

As they say in the NFL, “upon further review,” it’s definitely a fake. Originally I didn’t want to stare at blurry images to try and discern details. However, as others have noted, there’s a regulator in your movement photos. That watch is Fake McFakington. If your watch is similarly equipped, you’re sporting a “clone” (read, “cheaply made fake watch built with child slave labor”) and have been had.

 

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Archer

·Dec 22, 2021·Omega Qualified Watchmaker

Looks like the serial number is 87663888...maybe you can confirm?

If so, we have a problem...

Serial number: 87663888
Article ref: 43133412101001

That serial number is for a DeVille Hour Vision.

 

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Peter_from_NL

·Dec 22, 2021

Yes you are right about the serial number. I bought the whole set including box and warranty card last year. Up to now I was the proud owner. I feel literally sick about this. I will be contacting the seller (through C24). Bottom line I am screwed here for 3.5k!!!!

 

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ChiefMark

·Dec 22, 2021

Arno (NL)

Yes you are right about the serial number. I bought the whole set including box and warranty card last year. Up to now I was the proud owner. I feel literally sick about this. I will be contacting the seller (through C24). Bottom line I am screwed here for 3.5k!!!!

Ouch, that really sucks. This long after a sale, with a guy who was selling $100 fakes... I doubt they are still on C24, and I doubt they'll be able to do anything for a transaction that old.

Sorry dude.