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To be clear, I don’t believe anyone provided proof the cases were sold earlier as parts, there was just recollection of them being sold loose. I already assumed these watches were put together before someone said that, so I didn’t feel the need to spend time researching and documenting. But again, I believe so far there has been conjecture, but not proof, that these are assembled.
Depends on what you call legit I suppose. If putting watches together from various parts, including service dials, and selling them for astronomical prices is legit 🤔
The real question is who is putting them together. I don’t know anything about the seller, how they source and prep inventory, if they are selling consignment from others, etc.
This is pretty close to a smoking gun: https://omegaforums.net/threads/universal-geneve-watches-on-ebay.3584/post-2491350
But I do acknowledge that one cobbled together watch does not imply all watches with a similar configuration and close serial number are also cobbled together