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: If you look extremely carefully, you'd note
: that this Seamaster has the full-sized dial
: (small luminova mark at 3) but the mid-sized
: hands (which are a little shorter than the
: full-sized...). Along with the smallish
: crown guard that John pointed out, there is
: also an extremely obvious mistake that most
: fakers incorportate.... The He-release is
: exactly at the 10, whereas real ones have
: it slightly above the 10 mark....
Nice catch about the He valve. We've been talking about this same watch over on timezone and that didn't come up. Neither did the hands, which I can't discern with certainty unless I pull out a ruler. The link to the timezone thread is below.
: This is a good fake, but it's still far from
: the best......
It's the best one that I have seen so far, since it actually uses genuine Omega parts (dial, hands, bezel, etc.). My best guess is that these parts were thrown on a fake case with a cheap movement inside (and a fake bracelet, of course).
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