The hands have a little corrosion on them. How does that make you think they're about to fall off? If your wife's thighs get a little cellulite on them, does that make you think her legs are about to fall off? Geezus!
I'm wondering if it is a service dial. There is just such a big difference between the color of lume on dial and hands; more than I would expect. The outer rim of the bezel also seems very badly polished.
I can't even begin to repay the favor.
My first concern was the hands in rough shape.
2. Generally wanted to see what the pro's think.
OMEGA FORUM - When I first started here I really thought people were a little too difficult to deal with. I have to say the last 8/9 times I asked for advise, you guys have HELPED ME OUT so much. I can't even begin to repay the favor.
You can easily repay any favours quite easily , buy the watch & forward onto me . I will happily bare the burden of wearing the watch & tell everyone that someone gifted this to me as a repaid favour .
BEAR the burden. Do us a favor and don't post photos of you being BARE while wearing a watch. 😲 🤦
I'm not an expert on 16800s, but I seem to recall an issue with a batch of hands from the factory that had corrosion issues on these. They are usually replaced at time of service, if by Rolex. Might search around for that a bit.
Watch looks all original to me. Rolex handsets often degrade faster than dials. Lume pip on bezel has patina similar to dial, which is quite attractive. LA Watch Works could put a nice set of color-matched hands on that. If you're just going to flip it, you need to do your own price research.
