Dear respectable members,

There is an offer from local seller on this Seamaster 503 black dial. Would like your opinion whether it is still original or a redial. Unfortunately the picture quality is rather low. Thanks for your help.

 

Wow, if that's a redial it's fantastic!!! I suspect it is after a casual glance because it's just too nice compared to the slightly tarnished condition of the movement.

 

Yes, I thought the surface of the dial looks too fresh, too.

 

Is there glue around the omega logo?

 

No idea.......... I will meet the seller today. I would bring the loupe to check that. If it's glue then confirming it's a redial, isn't it?

 

I actually think based on these photos that it is original.

The bit of discoloration around the Omega logo is typical of how these black dials often age.

 

Wow thanks..........now I have different perspective. I might get it and share with you all the better picture.

Again thanks.

 

looks good enough to buy it ! the case condition is very good for indonesia; might have come from outside the country. good luck and try to get it around $ 400. kind regards . achim

 

Thanks Achim......

 

After looking in person with loupe, I decided to take the watch. There is still a 20% chance it is a redial, but from direct examination, the surface is aging as it should for 40+ years. The font looks correct and the 'glue' that CanberraOmega suspicious about is actually slight oxidation. It happened also just below 12 mark. The font also look okay. The case is slightly polished but not too much, I can still see some edges in the lugs.

I did the transaction at the back of Gas station, where I inspected small package using loupe, go to nearby ATM to get hundreds dollar worth of cash, then exchange with something in little box covered with white tissues. If I were a person who just incidentally looking at the whole thing......it would look very very suspicious .

 

congratulations ! sounds like your everyday drug deal.........

 

Nice watch bro. Congratulations

 

That's what I thought.............. See....I will never do this kind of dealing normally. But I make exception for Omega vintage......

 

Thank's bro..........

 

Too funny! I've done the same thing at rest stops along the NJ Turnpike, in diners, and the back of coffee shops. I can only imagine how fishy it looks with a short, bald, Italian looking guy like me to be handing over an envelope stuffed with fifties and hundreds for a package.

 

Yeah, probably. Guess it depends on what vehicles are being driven. Fortunately, Toyota Corollas fly under the radar.