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johnturbo
·Hi folks,
Taken in by what is most likely a genuine 1012 movement I bought a fake 166.137 on Ebay, and now I see the difference I also see they are everywhere, including one on Chrono24.
I wanted to post this here because Google searches would have you believe nobody is faking these less desirable and complicated pieces. They are also somewhat convincing - many happy customers from these 100% feedback sellers.
These watches:-
* Are in "too good" condition, though have generally got some artificial aging. No degradation to faces, straps or bezels
* Seem to be linked to Vienna, Austria and Malmo, Sweden. (Though a London based seller is also shifting them).
* Seller histories also include the same models again and again, mostly old Omega models, Tag Heuer and Citizen Bullhead. (In my case three very very similar 166.137 were sold in the last month alone by the seller.)
Signs in the detail:-
* The shape of the knurled ring of the bezel is wrong and it lacks definition
* Without fail they have perfect and perfectly working lume (a reface may give this, but all suspect ads have this demonstrated)
* The lume strip on the hands is wrong (too wide)
* The Omega logo on the crown is slightly too big
* The finish is a bit too polished (yet with sharp corners etc) and if you look in the light very carefully this polish has not removed all manufacturing marks.
* In many examples the 2 pieces of lume at 12'o clock are not parallel, but were on mine.
* On mine and at least one other example, the caseback is not fitted correctly (or does not fit properly).
I expect in all cases the movement is a correct piece taken from a cheap cosmic or similar.
For reference here is a GENUINE side shot from a watch on sale:-
GENUINE Front Shot:-
Taken in by what is most likely a genuine 1012 movement I bought a fake 166.137 on Ebay, and now I see the difference I also see they are everywhere, including one on Chrono24.
I wanted to post this here because Google searches would have you believe nobody is faking these less desirable and complicated pieces. They are also somewhat convincing - many happy customers from these 100% feedback sellers.
These watches:-
* Are in "too good" condition, though have generally got some artificial aging. No degradation to faces, straps or bezels
* Seem to be linked to Vienna, Austria and Malmo, Sweden. (Though a London based seller is also shifting them).
* Seller histories also include the same models again and again, mostly old Omega models, Tag Heuer and Citizen Bullhead. (In my case three very very similar 166.137 were sold in the last month alone by the seller.)
Signs in the detail:-
* The shape of the knurled ring of the bezel is wrong and it lacks definition
* Without fail they have perfect and perfectly working lume (a reface may give this, but all suspect ads have this demonstrated)
* The lume strip on the hands is wrong (too wide)
* The Omega logo on the crown is slightly too big
* The finish is a bit too polished (yet with sharp corners etc) and if you look in the light very carefully this polish has not removed all manufacturing marks.
* In many examples the 2 pieces of lume at 12'o clock are not parallel, but were on mine.
* On mine and at least one other example, the caseback is not fitted correctly (or does not fit properly).
I expect in all cases the movement is a correct piece taken from a cheap cosmic or similar.
For reference here is a GENUINE side shot from a watch on sale:-
GENUINE Front Shot:-
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