Soccer Timer restored or fake?

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I just purchased this watch from a pawn shop auction here in Mexico City. I was only able to see blurry pictures before hand but the price was very low. I knew about the service dial but was surprised that every part of the watch seems to be new except the movement and the movement looks restored. The watch still had a piece of clear plastic on the case to protect it, I don't think it had been worn since the restoration or is it a franken watch? A Watchco Soccer timer? Vintage watches are a new hobby...

 
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It’s all service parts.

Maybe (!) the movement is okay but the rest is just a pile of modern service stuff.
 
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kov kov
It’s all service parts.

Maybe (!) the movement is okay but the rest is just a pile of modern service stuff.
So actual Omega parts? A factory restoration? I'm happy, it was a very good price and I bought it to use not for collecting.
 
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Serial number on the caseback suggests service parts. From what I can see they look OK as genuine Omega parts. Without seeing background documentation or doing a search on the exact serial of your movement both scenarios could be feasible - ie Omega replacing a lot of parts during a service, or someone else putting together the watch from spares based on an 861 that may or may not be from a soccer timer (i.e. Watchco). In either case I think this model looks great with the full restore!
 
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I searched around the internet for info on the serial number of the movement and it is the correct time period to be originally for a 145.020 Soccer Timer. I wonder what series of events led to the watch being fully restored then pawned, anyway I'm happy.
 
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Definitely looks similar to a Watchco where everything is new except the movement. And good chance the movement was not from a Seamaster (most used in Watchcos were not originally from Seamasters). But an Extract would tell you what it is from.