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A forum for identifying and avoiding wholly or partially non-authentic wristwatches --
including counterfeit, replica, Frankenwatches and other fake or bastardized pieces.
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wristwatch and jewelry products. It is also for helping people identify
watches that are mostly authentic, but have been: altered for personal customization,
repaired with inappropriate parts or modified to be passed off as more valuable pieces.
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: But also realize you are looking at a photo
: that is around six-time life size. So of
: course the serial number you can't read
: looking at the actual watch is actually
: close to readable in such an enlarged photo!
: The serial number looks about right in size to
: me relative to the size of the lug.
I only own the one Seamaster (a GMT) and I agree that this may be a combination of the perspective and possibly that the location and size of the serial number on a SMP is different than on a GMT (since I'm not an expert), but I still believe the relative size of the serial number on the picture is different than the one on my watch. I base this on 2 observations:
1) The amount of relative space between the end of the serial number and the end of the lug compared to the lug size is smaller in the picture than on my watch; i.e., the serial number on my watch appears to take up significantly less space on the lug than the one on the picture. I admit, this may just be the perspective, or perhaps the case in the picture is for a mid-size model.
2) Also, the serial number on my watch is parallel to the curved edge, and slanted relative to the straight edge, whereas the number in the picture appears to be parllel to the flat edge and slanted relative to the curved edge. Again, this assumes the perspective of the picture has not distorted this, and that the serial number on all Omegas has the same slanting characteristic.
I'm not trying to quibble by any means... just trying to clarify my reasoning. I really appreciate this forum and the original Omega forum you run; all the discussions on fakes convinced me not to risk buying from anyone but an authorized dealer.
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