What about this Tudor made you think it would be a good idea to post on the vintage "Omega" board?
Hi @Saju_J and welcome to Omega Forums. You will want to return this as soon as possible. It is “not as described” unless it was listed as a fake Tudor.
Best practices is to really research vintage watches before you buy, they can be a minefield (lots of fakes and cobbled watches) and knowledge is your best tool.
As other mentioned, wrong sub-forum— but this is an interesting post, and a good way to help others learn.
I'm curious to understand what are all the tells that give this away as a fake with just a few photos. Here are the ones I picked up on but I'm sure there's a lot more:
- Caseback doesn't appear flat enough and the engraving lacks sharpness
- Tudor font on the rotor looks completely off
- Bezel insert is way too clean and the pearl insert at 12 looks brand new
Aside from those, the case has wear and scratches where you might expect them and the dial and hands (although maybe a bit too matchy-matchy in color) could have fooled me.
After receiving the item I looked at many images of Tudor OP from a similar time frame (which I should have done before the purchase ) and realised a lot of things are off:
· The indices are thicker in the fake one, in the real one it’s thinner
· In the fake one, complete lettering on the dial is thicker and if you zoom up, you’ll realise the letters on a real one are comparatively thinner and sharp, each letter has angles and this one does not. It was not evident in the actual listing
· In the fake one, the position of T SWISS T is off, T’s are closer to the sticks. In the real one SWISS is placed very clsoe to the half an hr stick, the lettering is much slim, also the T’s are aligned in the centre of space between the sticks
· In the real one there’s more gap between the Rose symbol and the 12 hr mark lume, where as in the fake one the gap is less
· The top part of 12 hr mark lume is round in the real one, where as in the fake one it’s flat
· Lume at 3, 6, 9 mark is closer to the indices in the real one, whereas in the fake one it has gap and it's thicker when compared to the real one
After receiving the item I looked at many images of Tudor OP from a similar time frame (which I should have done before the purchase ) and realised a lot of things are off:
· The indices are thicker in the fake one, in the real one it’s thinner
· In the fake one, complete lettering on the dial is thicker and if you zoom up, you’ll realise the letters on a real one are comparatively thinner and sharp, each letter has angles and this one does not. It was not evident in the actual listing
· In the fake one, the position of T SWISS T is off, T’s are closer to the sticks. In the real one SWISS is placed very clsoe to the half an hr stick, the lettering is much slim, also the T’s are aligned in the centre of space between the sticks
· In the real one there’s more gap between the Rose symbol and the 12 hr mark lume, where as in the fake one the gap is less
· The top part of 12 hr mark lume is round in the real one, where as in the fake one it’s flat
· Lume at 3, 6, 9 mark is closer to the indices in the real one, whereas in the fake one it has gap and it's thicker when compared to the real one
Look at you! Now send that fake fucker back!
Keep your eye on the private watch sales & watches for sale sections here, Tudor and Rolex subs pop up periodically and this is a pretty safe place to buy (member and mod vetted). You need 200 posts to to add anything to the sales section, but if you can reach out to sellers there via PM.
