Dudemeister Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 There have been a few threads discussing the inaccurate Omega logo and font on the new SMP chronos. I currently own a new version of the SMP chrono with the red Seamaster logo. Here is a side by side image of the Gen (on the left) next to the rep. While the watch is a pleasure to wear, the "curly feet" OHM logo and the botched OMEGA font with bottom ligatures instead of centered ones, do bother me to an extent. Short of buying an original dial for $200+, I thought one possibility would be to replace the logos, as they are probably just glued in place. But where to get the right logos? I think I just found it here: Seamaster @ tagoodlist.com Look at this image, it's exactly what we need on the SMP chrono. So considering the cost of this rep + shipping, we're looking at about $100, to get a donor logo. I suppose we can do a complete swap, then we'd have a cheap rep with the "wrong" logos, and a great rep with the correct ones. Now, could one of the veteran modders explain what the best procedure is to remove the logos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDorian Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 I don't think the color matches. It also doesn't look like an applied logo from the picture. Weird they would print a connected OMEGA but maybe they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudemeister Posted September 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Has anyone dealt with tagoodlist.com before? I was looking at some of their other watches, and I'm beginning to think they're a fraud. Some of the images on their site are of the real watches, not the replicas. Here are a couple of examples (their image is on the left, the smaller image is from the Omega web site: On the image above, I love their misguided attempt at doctoring the image so they can show the register marks on the rehaut ring, it's really laughable. In view of this, I'm not sure that if I ordered one of these watches I'd get what is shown in the picture. So the search for an Omega logo continues... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbchubb Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 The logo of the Seamaster Diver 300 Chrono looks so good.... because the watch in the picture is a gen. Look at my signature and you will find a link to my review of the rep... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andreww Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 On the image above, I love their misguided attempt at doctoring the image so they can show the register marks on the rehaut ring, it's really laughable. Actually, all those pics are of gens, straight from Omega's marketing department Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega007 Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 The 007 swirley dial SMP usually has the correct logo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Yup...dem's looking like gen catalogue pics...don't know if I would trust the site on that basis alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudemeister Posted September 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 Yup...dem's looking like gen catalogue pics...don't know if I would trust the site on that basis alone. If you mean mistrust, I agree. Putting pics of gens on their site is an obvious attempt at deceit. You obviously will not get those watches. I'm not sure how many of their pictures were lifted from the original manufacturer's web sites, but the few I looked at certainly were. I was planning on buying one of those SMPs so I can use the good looking logo from the dial, but in light of these revelations I'm not going to throw my money away, unless some here can vouch for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted September 28, 2009 Report Share Posted September 28, 2009 You might be able to source just the dial from one of the vendors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega007 Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 The 007 swirley dial SMP usually has the correct logo. I've found a swirly dial amongst my parts bin with correct logo if interested ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gioarmani Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 (edited) The logo on the newer SMP chrono isn't a sticker one can just swap out. The silver reflective bit is actually attached to a raised portion of the dial that is the exact same shape as the logo & wording itself. In other words, even if you could simply swap out the stickers, it would look even worse considering the dial relief (raised wording) would still be off and look even more obvious: Edited November 3, 2009 by gioarmani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimster Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 I just priced a gen dial - $420 plus shipping. No thanks. What with the painted Chronos having the curly feet $420 is simply too much for me to spend to correct the logo not that I wouldn't like to correct it. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gioarmani Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 Keep an eye on eBay occasionally. You can find them a hell of a lot cheaper than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosk Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 (edited) Keep an eye on eBay occasionally. You can find them a hell of a lot cheaper than that. I've never seen the red lettered omega dials on the bay. Its fairly easy to find decent old version dials with great lume. Edited November 8, 2009 by bosk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vafarmer70 Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 I just grabbed two different ones from the 'bay last week for a heck of a lot less than $400 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimster Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Interesting. I've got a saved search on that dial. I must be doing something wrong. I need the new dial in black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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