Hi - Another Newbie Question

Hi,

I wish I would have discovered this site first. I have been researching a vintage omega and just won it on ebay. Without giving me too much grief if I overpaid (lol), I have been having a hard time confirming the dial. I just can't seem to find another example. It does seem to be authentic, but no luck finding a confirmation. Can anyone help?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330663350904&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:1123#ht_500wt_1057

Many thanks!

Um, the first tip that the dial is not original to the watch is the fact it says "AUTOMATIC" and the watch has a manual winding movement. 😲😵‍💫

The movement is from 1950 so the seller wasn't too far off when dating the watch. The big problem is that many Omega parts fit together even if the factory didn't intend for them to - so there are a lot of frankenwatches, meaning cobbled together watches that sell to unsuspecting inexperienced collectors. Personally I'd tell the seller you found out it isn't original and you don't want to pay for it, but he does say "as is" and the watch is "for parts".

Did you notice the listing says the caseback is missing? If not, you've made a poor purchase. If so and you do need the parts for another watch that isn't a bad price.... but I suspect from the wording in your post that this is not the case. (pardon the pun) For $111, it's a good lesson in vintage Omega and the precautions you need to take.