Cry Freedom
Been a long time huh?
Back after a long hiatus [got two years but time off for good behavior, possession of an offensive wife if you must know], let me find my Omega feet and we will be back firing on all cylinders.
In the meantime a small lesson, people will fake anything. Take a look at this Ricki, for the poor unfortunate souls that are not English that means fake, Ricki = Rikki Lake = Fake.
May 29th, 2007 at 9:49 am
Can you tell me why you think that is fake? This is weird…I just inherited a bunch of watches from my grand uncles jewlery store….some need repair….but this one was in the bunch and was amazed when I just now visisted your blog for the first time trying to research some of the watches in the bunch and saw this post! You can email me your resonse or just post under this one…Your help is appreciated.
June 6th, 2007 at 12:44 am
Welkcome back Omega Blogger!
I have seen fakes similair to this one. Most of the time from people that ‘know’ someone who inheritted this Omega Seamaster. I never know if they really don’t know that it is a fake watch (and I have to tell them the bad news) or that they are just trying…
RJ
June 7th, 2007 at 10:28 am
Why do you say it is a fake? How can you tell if it is authentic?
June 26th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Welcome back…
the fake looks like a redialed Wittenauer.
July 18th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
does the “seamaster” writing change over time? I seem to be seeing different
style of writing seamaster depending on the different watches I see..
Mine is a 62 seamaster, and the s is sharply pointed up at the bottom,
making the s look like a seaHorse. BUT on a website, I saw a seamaster with
that pointed upturn on the s but the E was different. My e has a starting
cursive line pointing to the center of the bottom bend od the s, and this
other watch had the starting line higher up on the s, and yet others didn’t
seem to have a cursive starting line.
What is the deal? Do I have a fake?
Thank you,
July 30th, 2007 at 11:33 am
It’s not the Omega logo, it’s not the Speedmaster logo and it’s not the omega typeface.
I’m a type and brand nerd
August 8th, 2007 at 11:22 pm
Hi,
I own a watches site - http://www.watcheswell.com
I would like you to write a post about my site with a link there, how much will that be?
If its not possible, i would like to have a link from your blog to my site, how much will that be?
Thank you,
Johnny
September 21st, 2007 at 6:38 pm
I’m not English and don’t wish to be…then, why am I a poor unfortunate soul? Measure your words you little attempt of person.
A 3rd world PERSON.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
L, you are ignorant. Don’t spend your life taking offense to every little innocuous comment. It is unimportant in the grand scheme of things, so get over it and get a life.
(and no, I am not English either)
October 20th, 2007 at 4:32 am
I have exact similar watch. Case is marked “gold plated 10 microns”. Back is marked with 18K and Omega-logos, also movement is signed as Omega. It’s fake, movement is A. Schield cal 1130 17 jewels and sub-seconds. Dial is hand-made redial and back plate is not gold but bronze.
November 15th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Where did you buy the NOS omega geneve from? i have been searching for the same watch, without any result
December 28th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Is there a genuine Omega that looks like this one? I have a watch I inherited which is laid out similar, but MUCH higher quality than that!
January 30th, 2008 at 6:22 am
To Billy Mac and others- you can tell it is fake after looking at numerous examples of genuine Omegas- it takes time/experience but eventually you can tell they are fakes even from a distance or in fuzzy auction photos. Also, the movements (if shown) are a dead giveaway if they are fake- it just too hard for the counterfeiters to replicate movements. The watch pictured above is a typical rip-off of a Seamaster manual winding watch. These pieces of c**p usually use an AS 1130 movement like Mika says. Sad thing is, this AS movement is the descendant of the “wehrmacht” movements used in highly collectible WW2 German army watches. Such a waste to be using them in these frauds….
October 13th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I’m still in the process of learning to be able to spot an original or a fake. I’ve been told that you can tell by the way that the watch moves. If the second hand seems to run funny, it may be questionable. Also depending on what year the watch suppose to of been released, most of the watches were made with 14 karat gold. In 1933 to 1974, the United States weren’t allowed to have any gold more than 14 karats to prevent hoarding precious metals.
November 7th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Why do you say it is a fake?
March 26th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
I have this omega for sale on eBay - any idea of it’s name & what it’s worth? The bidding is n/r. It’s a manual wind Geneve, I think, but haven’t been able to place it.
March 26th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
any idea what this is worth?
March 26th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
any idea what this is worth?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=300303036937
April 20th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Omega watch is really wonderful, even if the replica omega
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June 2nd, 2009 at 10:28 pm
Omega watch is really wonderful, even if the replica omega
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June 9th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Hello,
My grandfather gave me an old Omega watch which is similar to the one on the picture above. The difference is, mine is stainless steel and it has a black face. The bracelet is stainless steel with the Omega logo and some numbers. How would I know if this is real or not? If this is real, I would like to have it restored, but I don’t want to go to an Omega store only to find out its not real.
June 12th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
So the fake watch maybe from ebay . Someone sells these watches very cheap on ebay .
June 17th, 2009 at 12:26 am
I like fake omega.
September 3rd, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I saw that picture of the fake Omega and I was looking for one like that is similar to my fake. I learned that fact after some research. Here are the pics……….
http://zekfrivolous.com/omega/DSCF0489.JPG
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November 18th, 2009 at 7:54 am
I own the omega seamaster site in my signature would love if you would like to add my site to your blogroll.
November 23rd, 2009 at 1:20 am
Ricki = Rikki Lake = Fake ? What the meaning is???
February 3rd, 2010 at 11:26 pm
I like it.
February 6th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
I like it.