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: Yeah, I'll go straight to the nearest
: watchmaker next weekend. Kind of a long
: drive to the nearest, that's why I'm not
: there already.

: I have a picture from the inside of the watch
: given from the seller:
: http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=373ey1.jpg

: As you can see it's a quartz. To me it looks
: exactly like inside of a genuine
: quartz-seamaster they show in this guide,
: and that's what made me buy it in the first
: place:
: http://www.pmwf.com/Watches/ARTICLES/TwoOmegaSeamaster/A%20real%20and%20a%20fake%20Omega%20compared.htm

No worries, then. You may simply have an older model or a valve that was replaced at some point. I'd have your watchmaker look it over just to make sure the He valve functions properly.

You have the right movement and bracelet, so your watch isn't a fake.

-John

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Seamaster, changing the bezel by yourself?

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