Someone wrote "B.U." at the back of my dial...

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Oldemors Piquet

·Dec 13, 2018

Recently I opened one of my older Omegas and discovered that someone wrote "B.U" on the back of the dial. What's this? A person's initials? Something from Omega? Does this prove that is/is not franken/fake... shouldn't I be worried at all?



Can someone help me out with some more details regarding this piece? History, usage, stories, you name it...

Serial no. being 143774xx, is it possible to date it more accurate than ca 1954?

Here are some pictures of the watch itself:



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Oldemors Piquet

 

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efauser

·Dec 13, 2018

What's the front look like?

 

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Oldemors Piquet

·Dec 13, 2018

 

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alam

·Dec 13, 2018

a dial made of the rare Butonium?? or maybe a dial pulled from BackUp inventories?

My apologies, I'm not taking much too seriously these days....

😜

 

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KingCrouchy

·Dec 13, 2018

If you want more precise informations about when the watch was produced, you can order an extract from the archives of Omega (150$). No clue about that B U sign. Looks like a lot of fun.

 

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efauser

·Dec 13, 2018

If it happens to be a redial, it might stand for Butt Ugly.

 

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Caliber561

·Dec 13, 2018

Bureau?

 

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Archer

·Dec 13, 2018·Omega Qualified Watchmaker

At least it doesn't say FU on the back of the dial! 😀

 

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chronoboy64

·Dec 13, 2018

maybe it appears automatically when the dial is beaten up by the owner 😁

 

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TDBK

·Dec 13, 2018

It's instructional: means that this side is the Back / Under side of the dial.

 

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verithingeoff

·Dec 13, 2018

Don't know about the BU but my Patek Philippe pocket watch has the company initials on the back of the dial

 

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Temprus

·Dec 14, 2018

It could be the personal stamp of the redialing company or spare parts watch shop.

 

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efauser

·Dec 14, 2018

Temprus

It could be the personal stamp of the redialing company or spare parts watch shop.

Do we know it's redialed? The OP hasn't provided a viewable photo of the front, to my knowledge.

 

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efauser

·Dec 14, 2018

M'Bob

And the converse to that phrase...

OMG

 

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alam

·Dec 15, 2018

M'Bob

And the converse to that phrase...

shame we can't see the watch she is wearing... wait...disregard the watch..

 

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base615

·Dec 15, 2018

Yes, you should be worried. It's the mark of a satanic cult - Beelzebub United - and the watch is now cursed.

 

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BlackTalon

·Dec 15, 2018·This Space for Rent

Hmmm, I thought it was a typical quality-control issue for a product manufactured in the old "Boviet" Union