Vintage Constellation Redial?

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Hi all, anyone have any thoughts on whether this is a redial? It looks pretty good to me but know this is a minefield. I wrote to the seller and he responded quickly saying that he knows nothing about watches but did say that interested parties had written to him to say it was repainted dial. Since then he keeps dropping the price. How does it look to you guys? Thanks for any help
 
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Hi all, anyone have any thoughts on whether this is a redial? It looks pretty good to me but know this is a minefield. I wrote to the seller and he responded quickly saying that he knows nothing about watches but did say that interested parties had written to him to say it was repainted dial. Since then he keeps dropping the price. How does it look to you guys? Thanks for any help
Few more pics I was sent. The closer I look, the less convinced I feel. Is that glue on the inside of the Omega logo? No serifs on lettering?
 
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It’s a fake in my opinion. Even if just a redial, stay away.
Thanks for that i fo. Always good to ask here, saves heartache.
 
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As in, entirely (partially) fake aside from the dial? How do you tell?
There are fake cases, dials and hands out there in the market.

Without views of the inside of the case and movement, there is no way to tell.

But since so much of the collectior value in these watches are tied up in the dial, a redial is simply a deal breaker for me.

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As in, entirely (partially) fake aside from the dial? How do you tell?
Case has the wrong facets on the lugs and caseback, crown is the same as I see on almost all fakes, the thick “onyx” at 12 vs thinner onyx on other markers. After having looked at hundreds/thousands of these, almost every part of this watch just feels “off”.
 
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Hi all, anyone have any thoughts on whether this is a redial? It looks pretty good to me but know this is a minefield. I wrote to the seller and he responded quickly saying that he knows nothing about watches but did say that interested parties had written to him to say it was repainted dial. Since then he keeps dropping the price. How does it look to you guys? Thanks for any help
Thanks for all the replies guys. I appreciate it. Here's a mechanism pic, lots of scratches around screws