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Re: 1970's Square Seamaster?

: Wish I stumbled upon this forum before I went
: ahead and bought this watch!

: Anyone care to weigh in on this one?

:
: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=019&item=290013395657&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

: There are no photos of the movement, but it
: looks identical to photos of a legit 1012
: calibre mov't I found elsewhere.

: TIA!
: -Cam

Looks genuine, the hands and batons are correct but it has had a redial and not too well done. The seller has been selling 1960's and 70's Omegas for some time but there should be a law against the colours he redials Omegas.

If I remember rightly, it was he who used to say that all his watches were from the 1940's. I wrote to him a few times telling him the correct dates for the watches and eventually sent him a Omega serial number per year spreadsheet - doesn't seem to have done much good though.

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