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Bezel Markers

Hey everyone. I first wanted to give major props to the people of this website. No where else can you find this much information on OMEGA, conterfeit info,and wristwatches in general. I recently bought an OMEGA full size automatic James Bond watch. I am stressing over the markers not being correct on the bezel compared to the marks on the dial. I read the troubleshooting section that talked about this. How much off is considered to be OK? off by one second tick? Two? I have also read the forum a lot before I made my purchase and a comment I frequently saw was "the watch is a fake - poor bezel alignment." The guide said .25-.50 mm is normal but I forgot to calibrate my eyeballs. My bezel marker hits at it's very edge compared to the respective the dial marker. If you also draw a line from 12 to 6, one half is this far off and the other side looks good. This is all depending on how you look at it of course. I bought it on ebay from a guy that sold it because he got a nice breitling watch. This is the only one he's sold and it came with box ad papers. I feel pretty good, but it's hard not to stress when you spend so much. Thanks for the help and this site!

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