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  1. minutenrohr Nov 7, 2014

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    Hi,
    i really don´t know what it is. Surely not re-dial(s), no applied O-sign/logo(s), no "Swiss" or "Swiss Made". Strange Service-Dials?

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  2. MSNWatch Vintage Omega Aficionado Staff Member Nov 7, 2014

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    Redial on both counts.
     
  3. minutenrohr Nov 7, 2014

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    I don´t think so. many (ca. 20) of them have been in this box:
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    it has been some time, since i bought 3 of them (2 subsecond/1SC). all were the same type and style and seemed never mounted.
     
  4. cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Nov 7, 2014

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    They could also be non-omega aftermarket replacements. Decades ago this was quite common with many brands available in cheaper editions through watchmakers. Copyright laws were not as rigidly enforced as now.

    The box markings indicate,
    Patent pending
    Registered design.
     
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  5. Joe K. Curious about this text thingy below his avatar Nov 7, 2014

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    I have seen this font type on many Omegas coming out of former eastern bloc countries such as Bulgaria. I have no idea if these were made by an authorized Omega supplier or refinished independently.
     
  6. minutenrohr Nov 7, 2014

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    If my memory is correct, the dials came from Pforzheim/Germany. In past times there were many watch factories like Laco, Stowa, PUW,...
    But I never saw such a Dial around here during the last 20 years.
     
  7. TNTwatch Nov 7, 2014

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    The prints are crude, consistently crude to plain eyes even in the small picture. I think Steve's nailed it.
     
  8. marturx Nov 7, 2014

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  9. Hijak Nov 7, 2014

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  10. cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Nov 7, 2014

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    We may never know for sure, but I think we all agree, they ain't Omega:thumbsdown:
     
  11. hoipolloi Vintage Omega Connoisseur Nov 7, 2014

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    At least one of them is Omega and fits on a 30T2SC.
     
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  12. cicindela Steve @ ΩF Staff Member Nov 7, 2014

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    With the poor quality work on these, you must have a more detailed opinion than that Hoi. Start talking.::popcorn::
     
  13. TNTwatch Nov 7, 2014

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    Omega this bad? What's there for Hoi to talk about? :D
     
  14. John R Smith Nov 8, 2014

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    The art-deco 12 is very distinctive. I also have seen boxes of these dials here on the UK ebay some while back. The fact that the OP's deco 12 is sub-second and Hoi's is centre-second would tend to suggest that this is a genuine Omega variant for the 30mm calibres. The really odd part is that the dial blanks do not have any markings at all on the back, as omega dials usually do. If they were re-dials of genuine Omega items you would expect various manufacturer's marks to be present, which suggests that they are all items from the same production run (fake dials? but why?).
     
  15. omegastar Nov 8, 2014

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    I have noticed that many of these "service dials" don't have solid gold applied markers as original dials have, but gold painted markers, that make me think that they were cheaper alternative, like the glasses you see on the american market designed for Omega but not by Omega.
     
  16. minutenrohr Nov 18, 2014

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