Unusual dial on Omega Seamaster 166.032 - is that ok?

Davidt

The pictures aren’t great but as well as sparkle effect dials, these also came with a radial brushing. If that’s what this has, it’s a legitimate variation. Nothing else seems iffy.

Dan S

I am no expert on this reference, but the hands look awful short.

Davidt

Both can be correct. Magnifier was an option.

Archer

We need to put to rest this idea that if a dial has a notch in it, it means it has automatically been refinished. I've shown brand new dials with notches in them previously. I looked up the OP's case on the Omega Extranet, and found a dial - not the exact same dial but for the same case. Here's the image that Omega has of a brand new dial that is available to purchase:

The lighting has kind of blown out the exposure at 3 o'clock, but if you look closely, there's something there. A little lighting adjustment in photoshop and you can clearly see a notch at 3:

These are direct uploads to the site so hopefully people can download the photos if they wish and increase the size - the notch DOES NOT always indicate a redial, and unless there is other evidence that it is a redial, it's not correct to point out the notch and declare someone's dial has been reprinted.