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A nice series of posts. ( I mean that ) I agree with your last post. The watch is indeed genuine.
There ARE however differences to Chucks pictures.
AS you rightly say the eBay watch has on SWISS MADE on the dial ( Chuck example has T SWISS MADE T )
You should look at the positioning of the text "Speedmaster professional" either side of the 06:00 subdial. On Chucks watch the text is ON the line that wuld pass through the 09:00 & 03:00 markers. on the eBay watch this text is CENTERED on that line.
Finally, the subdials, on the eBay watch, have a golden ring around them. Chuck's watch doesn't.
These differences are easy to explain. there are 2 versions. Chuck's watch is from the mid 80's. I believe there were only 2000 , or so of those made. The eBay watch is the current ( less than 2 years old ) model.
I hope this helps ( & sorry for the delay )
Steve
Hi Gary ( & guys )..
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