The dial looks original to me but the movement is not.
Right at 24 mil range Omega changed black onyx inserts to black paint.
Original movement may be a 561 in 22 or 23 mil range....? Not 26mil....(a 564 in 24 mil range is nice)
Both calibers were used at the same time I believe. Some 564's with lower serial were seen alongside 561's with higher serial number.
What serial number is your 561?
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People prefer 564 with quickset function and love to swap the 564 from a cheap C case into a nice 005.
@donkii The thicker print is not unusual and likely due to different batches or different dial manufactures all together. Thicker print also explains the smaller space between the L and the vertical line. The eBay's redial example doesn't have the same important characteristics like the serifs at the top of the letters M's and L's, and also the edges of the pie-pan are soft compared to the one you're considering
@gatorcpa How did you see the Omega logo as off? I do not see anything off with it at all. About the wonky star, Hoi's cross-hair example also has the wonky star as well as ChrisN's example. This doesn't appear to be something unusual. Also the case back is just worn out, not defective or over polished. If you think the lower left area was flat, it was just because of the lighting angle, as the opening slot there is still recessed properly with its edges quite sharp.
@hoipolloi The situation with onyx markers is interesting but I think it's more fluid and depends on targeted markets than cut and dry like that. I've got a 561 in 24.3mil and a 551 also in 24.3mil, and both still have onyx markers, while other 564s in 25mil have painted markers. But in other references like 168.024 and 168.025 that only have cal. 564, many of them still have onyx markers, and they are in 26-28mil range. Unless there is an authoritative source, I think it is at best a guess as to when they stopped putting onyx on the dials.
I pretty much agree with that, which is why I didn't mention it.
Please understand that the medallion on these is recessed. That means normal wear shouldn't affect the stars if they were sharp in the first place. Wearing the watch isn't going to cause that type of fuzziness, since the wrist isn't going to be touching those innermost stars. The fact that I've seen very few poorly struck medallions on these watches tells me that there is something else going on here.
What it is, I really don't know. But I don't like it.
I agree with this also. In addition, I have a real hard time distinguishing the onyx and painted markers from even detailed photographs. I own a 168.025 and you have to look at it with a loupe to see that the markers are painted, not onyx. The 168.025 examples with two tone dials have onyx markers.
My point is that for the price of this watch, there should be no questions being asked like the ones above.
gatorcpa
Please don't assume anything here. I have been digging into this matter 5 years ago not today.
and clearly that pristine 564 does not match the case back condition.
