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·Learned Omegaphiles,
How much variation do we see, on modern Omega LEs and otherwise, when it comes to case back text? And is the Omega site a reliable reference for checking such things?
The reason I ask: I find this listing on Chrono24 for the rather scarce platinum heritage SM300 (official Omega site link here). The seller is in Japan and has a very strong rating---let me be clear, I am not slandering this person or questioning his/her honesty as I have no basis for doing that, and even if the watch is inauthentic, he/she could be selling it in good faith. (End disclaimer.)
I note a few little discrepancies between this watch and the website pics, of the sort a savvy buyer would want to be sure of before dropping 45k on a watch.
The phrase "LIMITED EDITION" which does not appear at all on the photos on the official Omega site. And the orientation and arrangement of, say "Si14" and "300m/1000ft," which do appear in the official photos but in a different relation to each other. At the center of the gold rotor, the official Omega site has "750" (the same as I find on the gold rotor on my AT), but the seller's watch has "Au750."
The watch generally looks right to me (I think...) but these seem like question marks. That said, a while back, DavidSW (certainly a trusted seller) had this one for sale that had the same markings as the seller's watch. So maybe the anomaly is the website picture? Should I not use the website pics as a reference?
How much variation do we see, on modern Omega LEs and otherwise, when it comes to case back text? And is the Omega site a reliable reference for checking such things?
The reason I ask: I find this listing on Chrono24 for the rather scarce platinum heritage SM300 (official Omega site link here). The seller is in Japan and has a very strong rating---let me be clear, I am not slandering this person or questioning his/her honesty as I have no basis for doing that, and even if the watch is inauthentic, he/she could be selling it in good faith. (End disclaimer.)
I note a few little discrepancies between this watch and the website pics, of the sort a savvy buyer would want to be sure of before dropping 45k on a watch.
The phrase "LIMITED EDITION" which does not appear at all on the photos on the official Omega site. And the orientation and arrangement of, say "Si14" and "300m/1000ft," which do appear in the official photos but in a different relation to each other. At the center of the gold rotor, the official Omega site has "750" (the same as I find on the gold rotor on my AT), but the seller's watch has "Au750."
The watch generally looks right to me (I think...) but these seem like question marks. That said, a while back, DavidSW (certainly a trusted seller) had this one for sale that had the same markings as the seller's watch. So maybe the anomaly is the website picture? Should I not use the website pics as a reference?
