Unbelievable. Look at the subdials on this purportedly "100% original" chronograph.
And this is not a usual scammer suspect.
http://www.chronocentric.com/forums/chronotrader/index.cgi?page=1;md=read;id=52701


Wouldn't someone call it out if something like this were posted in the sales section here?

 

Yes

 

Here is your answer: https://omegaforums.net/threads/tissot-omega-chronograph-cal-33-3-stainless-steel-case-40-50-€-2650.38898/

 

I've bought three soon to be four via private sales on this forum and one from an on line dealer that had a provenance here. To try to sell a POS here is to invite hell fire and brimstone!

 

am I missing something?

 

The world of "Omega Watch Co" signed Tissots is a mystery to me. But original or not, the dial is unquestionably horrid.

 

I don't think these are the same watches.

 

Same watch

Look at 3 spots next to 4 and mark to the left under 6

 

I do, dials with mark and patina are like fingerprints.

Look again.

 

Bloody hell, are we mind meld twins or what?

 

Same serial number on the caseback....same watch.
From chronocentric ad:

(thanks)

From OF sales forum:

(thanks)

 

You may know that Omega and Tissot were sister companies, together with Lemania, in the holding company Société Suisse pour l’Industrie Horlogère (SSIH). If I can recall correctly, co-branded Omega/Tissot dials were sold in the Brazilian market from 1935 until the 1950s, when the brands reverted to their respective identities.

 

Thanks for the info. I did not know that these were sold in the Brazilian market. I wonder if the tropical climate lead to more destroyed/refinished dials. Or were the dials just of a lower quality?

 

If you do a search for "Omega Tissot" on ebay you can usually find 2 or 3 of these for sale at any one time. Should have been brought up in the "Double Branded" thread too ;-)