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Seamaster Honeycomb Crosshair Dial
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hoipolloi
··Vintage Omega ConnoisseurIf one looks at the OP's picture, we see a evidence of heavy local contrast enhancement (sharpening) of the picture. This would likely make the lines appear bolder.
My old 2652 has a fine crosshair, too.
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hoipolloi
··Vintage Omega ConnoisseurLong minute hand sometimes goes over the minute marker but the second hand should stop right there.
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Canuck
·Another linen dial with cross hairs for comparison. This dial is original and has not been restored.
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aprax
·I said wrong hands. Maybe I should have said wrong hands for this dial "such as it is". The second hand should not pass the minute markers. As for the dial itself, the markers at 32 and 33 (and possibly 27) are suspect.
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KingCrouchy
·Thank you very much to all of you for your responses!👍 If it's not such a clear case I think I will buy it then and make some closer pictures of it! I like the look, and wouldn't have liked to have a obvious redial. Weird that on some Refs the the second hand goes over the minute marker, like in @ConElPueblo example. If the Second Hand really looks out of place, maybe I change it for a proper one and keep it.
Thank you @Deafboy for the picture! Great piece🥰 and thanks for the close up, really helps!👍 @ConElPueblo that piece looked very nice!
Thanks to you @hoipolloi for the comparaison pictures! And the critical input.
Thank you @Deafboy for the picture! Great piece🥰 and thanks for the close up, really helps!👍 @ConElPueblo that piece looked very nice!
Thanks to you @hoipolloi for the comparaison pictures! And the critical input.
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Petervl
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bubba48
·Original dial and correct hands IMO
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Dr No
·Hello dear Members, I'm again on the hunt and I found this Honeycomb Crosshair Dial.
I never had any honeycomb dial and I'm not sure if this one is a redial. I find the r to be hanging to low and the Crosshair doesn't seem to be well centered. Crown isn't the right one but that's okay for me. Not sure about the Hands neither. Indexes seem to be not well placed.
What do you think?
Thank you for your help!
Original dial swapped in from another Omega would be my guess. Same goes for the hands. And quite possibly movement, too.
The crown doesn't appear correct, either.
Intrigued,
Art
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KingCrouchy
·@Dr No sounds like an interesting possibility! Really a weird watch, maybe I should just get it to solve this mystery we have here! That's the picture of the caseback, if it can give more info.
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Dr No
·Can you get images of the movement and inside of the caseback?
And, if the seller could provide a photo of the back of the dial, we'd get a better handle on whether it's refinished or original.
Art
And, if the seller could provide a photo of the back of the dial, we'd get a better handle on whether it's refinished or original.
Art
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KingCrouchy
·Sadly not, seller says he doesn't have the tools to open the watch (which is a joke with this type of caseback). Was the first thing I asked him, I know it would be a gamble but the price is accordingly. Thank you for your help!👍 And your billiard skills are quite impressive!
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Deafboy
··His Holiness Puer SurdusTop: black dial 2757 shown above with colors inverted.
Middle: OP watch
Bottom: my 2635-9 SC
Middle: OP watch
Bottom: my 2635-9 SC
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ConElPueblo
·Top: black dial 2757 shown above with colors inverted.
Middle: OP watch
Bottom: my 2635-9 SC
Comparing fonts?
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ConElPueblo
·Original dial swapped in from another Omega would be my guess. Same goes for the hands. And quite possibly movement, too.
The crown doesn't appear correct, either.
Intrigued,
Art
Are there any particular reasons you suspect that this is a complete transplant? Apart from the seconds hand and the crown - which are probably the most regularly replaced items on a watch - everything seems correct to me.
Weird that on some Refs the the second hand goes over the minute marker, like in @ConElPueblo example. If the Second Hand really looks out of place, maybe I change it for a proper one and keep it.
The seconds hand does not extend over the minute/seconds track, it's just the angle of the photo that make it appear so. I haven't got many photos of this watch, but here's another where it is obvious:
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Petervl
·Top: black dial 2757 shown above with colors inverted.
Middle: OP watch
Bottom: my 2635-9 SC
Interesting is also that the White as well as the black 2757 has exactly the same fonts,the small r in Seamaster as well as the smaller r in Calendar.
The other two does not look to be a 100% match.
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KingCrouchy
·@ConElPueblo my bad! Thank you! They look very nice, and the steel one!🥰
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VintageWatchIta
·The hands are correct in my opinion.
Not sure about the re-dial question, very hard to give a sure answer...hope we can learn something more from this topic 😀
Not sure about the re-dial question, very hard to give a sure answer...hope we can learn something more from this topic 😀
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Dr No
·Are there any particular reasons you suspect that this is a complete transplant? Apart from the seconds hand and the crown - which are probably the most regularly replaced items on a watch - everything seems correct to me.
The seconds hand does not extend over the minute/seconds track, it's just the angle of the photo that make it appear so. I haven't got many photos of this watch, but here's another where it is obvious:
I perceive a discrepancy between the color of the case and hands (yellow) with the markers (rose).
Right off the top of my head, I can't think of a single Omega reference capped in gold where the dial furniture was a different shade.
I believe the dial's authentic, though.
Best,
Art
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KingCrouchy
·Okay, will look for that detail more. Thanks didn't knew that one!👍 Sadly the watch got sold to someone else.
