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It is MQ dial&handset.Thx my friend！ 从我的 iPhone 发送，使用 Tapatalk

JKF case, WSO bezel assembly, sternkreuz t19, athaya crown, and an eta 2836. Turned out pretty nice thanks to info here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Trusted Dealers are here because they are vetted and have proven over time to be reliable. You are dealing with illegal products and as such should be prepared for an occasional delay when working with the TD’s. They will do this best to provide you with what you have ordered - they are buying from the factories once you have paid them. Their reputation is at stake not yours so it’s in their interest to be fast and efficient. If you are unhappy with their command of the English language you could always learn their language to communicate better with them.

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Glad that you now have some direction in this! Hopefully your seller should give you a grace period for you to see it n the flesh and have any doubts eradicated! if it helps further, from the image you have posted I am inclined to wager that your reference model number is 135.0010 with manual caliber 601! It is likely to be a mid 1960's vintage Good luck with it and enjoy your outcome to good health!

I claim to be no expert on this subject and can only share my observations over the last 41 years from the very first time I held my first omega in my hands. Others here have also a great eye for this and I can assure you are far wiser and nicer than some members on some of the genuine forums. The hands appear as if they have been repainted over to offset the falling lume as a quickie to fix the deterioration. It is hard to see from my screen, but I would not worry too much about hands as they can be replaced. You would be surprised what you can still get new on ebay, but the market is drying up since omega spare parts department have decided to make our lives miserable in cutting supply". Sorry that I cannot be much help on this matter!!

Hello and welcome!! The timepiece you are contemplating seems all legit to me!!! I have had a few of them myself in the automatic caliber 552 and 562 for this type of case. You have what is known as a monocoque case or a front loader which is a one piece case where the movement and dial come out from the front. The DeVille Seamasters were cased in North America like the LeCoultre representing JL and these cases were made there under license by their parent Swiss companies or made for them. L&K was one American company that specialized in case making under license from Switzerland to avoid import taxes on complete imported watches. These one piece cases were quite popular back in the 1960's as it was an attempt to make the watch more water resistant which was not such a success. That is because most of the problem was through the crown and these have what we know as a split stem system where the stem is made of two clipped in pieces which holds it together. The reason why your seller was unable to open the watch is that it is something which not every layman is able to expose the movement without having the crystal removed and removing the dial with movement from the case for a complete movement inspection ( of course after removing the stem). It took me quite a few years of amateur watch skills to reach this level. One good thing about them if any good came from these cases. As for faking these, I am not sure who would be so brave to go to that effort only to make a few dollars if any?? so your gamble would be quite safe. The generic crystal can present problems if the tension ring is not the correct geometry for this case as dial should sit correctly with the bevel section of the tension ring! As for the price it is ok, but you could do better in getting an automatic version for the same price or for a few dollars more, depending on your tastes!! Good luck with your quest!!!!.

Not this one (before switching out the white seconds hand)