Hi Guys,
Hi Darren.
Firstly Darren sent me some pics of his watch. here's one of them.
& now here are "Anakin" & "Darth" at the Omega Museum in Bienne.
So, what do we see ?
IF ( & that's a big IF ) we ignore the subdial at 09:00 the rest of the dial looks close enough to be genuine. the blue markings on the subdials, the raised logo, the white second & sub-second markings around the outside, the "clumsy" markings in the subdials etc etc.
Darren sent me a few pics. I chose this one, because it also appears to show some mirroring / shiney areas around the outside of the subdials. This is also NOT there on the dials that I have seen.
Unfortunately Darrens pic isn't really sharp enough to be able to tell if it is genuine or a good re-dial.
I certainly wouldn't want to call it either way.
All I can say is that I have never seen a dial with the red sub-dial at 09:00 before.
Finally Darren also mentions in his E-mail a picture in the Goldberger book ( page 156 ). If you own this book, I suggest you put a small note on this page, noting that the watch pictured there is a complete frankenwatch ( That's a Jackalope for Sam ! ). I have deliberately NOT scanned this picture, because I don't believe posting frankenwatches in public places is a good Idea. Someone will save the picture , then forget what it was about & possibly post it later as a genuine/rare "Darth".
Anyway, the dial is from this watch ( on the right )
That dial was never fitted to a "Darth Vader" Seamaster ( Also the hands are wrong in Golbergers book.... also the Seamaster 300 pictured on page 148 is a fake.... also his name is spellt wrongly on the inside of the rear cover... )
BTW. Darren look at the white chrono hands on the Seamaster above ( again far right watch). They look like yours !
Anyway Darren, I hope I have answered a few more of your questions.
All the Best
Steve
