Too much polish on the flute bezel? 16013 Bi-metal

Hi all,

After learning about and chasing after Omega's for years on this forum, I finally decided to treat myself to a Rolex. I've got the attached photos and videos of this reference 16013 from 1988. Asked price is about £3800-3825.

Pros:

• amazing dial, with working lumes
• sharp lugs, clean case - well brushed or smooth wherever it's supposed to be.
• got all authenticity docs
• overall, good looking and the reference I'm looking for.

Cons:
- the bezel. I know it's a near 40 yo watch that can't be perfect but I feel like bezel for this one matters a lot to me. While it's lines are still there, I can't help thinking if I'm too obsessed or is it a bit buttery in the corners. From one angle, they seem fine but from the other, they do not. I've never laid my hands on a proper Rolex, so I'm not sure if that's because it's so shiny or if I'm catching a red flag.

I'm not keen to undertake a project but if any required work is fair for the price, I might also consider it. At the same time, where that it's watch for which we can confidently say there is plenty of fish in the sea.

Any thoughts to tip the balance or any other cons that I didn't catch? Thanks!

Bezel looks fine and likely refinished. Bracelet looks great for the age and given the centre link material (tightened perhaps?).

Biggest red flag is the working lume (it's not supposed to work at this point). The lume plots look questionable (too bright), and appear to be re-applied with modern luminescent material. Are the hands re-lumed too?

I'm not doubting the quality of the work, but highlighting that there's lots done here.

I knew I asked the right place! Thank you for bringing the lume issue to my attention. I've got tritium lined watches from the 60s which are reasonably faded now but I didn't know what to expect from a late 80s one. I agree that upon close inspection, the hour lumes were not well-aligned with he markers.

It's such a shame because the case polish/brushwork is super good, IMO.

@Dan S - I think the photos don't were not fairly showing the brush lines on the lugs, which are indeed diagonal. I am clear on this from the videos. I could crop this one but I'm not sure if it proves the point.

I believe I've got an ick from the relume work, so I'll pass on this one. Many thanks for eagle eyeing on this but feel free to keep the discussion going, I think it's quite an interesting case of a mixture of good & bad restauration.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind a good replacement dial and even resuming but bad relume feels very off... Also, I know the bezel isn't the worst but in some photos, it looks too buttery for my taste (or to ignore the flaws).

It's a T SWISS T dial that is accurate for a 160xx (so not replaced). The issue is that it's adulterated, with someone adding modern lume on top of the tritium plots. That's a big no-no in my book. If it were a legit SWISS MADE retrofitted dial with working lume (aka an authorized Rolex replacement), that would be fine. Not the case here.

I agree, it really isn't necessary. Another thing that surprised me upon close inspection is that the lume droplets are looking a bit misaligned relative to the markers (especially 4 and 7 o'clock), kind of looking like this .-