Found: Seamaster PO bracelet - Rep or Gen?

[CptTripps]

I'm hoping you guys can help me out on this.

 

I was digging through all my watch bracelets/straps when I came across this. It's an Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean bracelet. When I put it next to my Gen Seamaster bracelet, it appears identical. Markings are similar. Look/feel of the steel is identical. It fits perfectly on my Gen Seamaster...but I'm not sure if it's Gen or Rep?

 

Can you guys help?

[thesheriff]

I think on the gens the links are more rounded at the ends / cross section. Cant really see it from your pictures but check against a gen image and you'll see the difference.

[jackflash]

With those markings on the links and endlinks, I would say they are at least gen.

Here's a shot of my gen endlinks.

[CptTripps]

The more I look at it...the more I think it's Gen too. 

 

I did a search on eBay for a 1579/951 bracelet and the markings on it are identical to what I have. However....I can't ever know for sure. I don't want to put it on eBay for $500 and find that it's a Rep. I also don't want to sell it for $80 and find out it was Gen.

[danza1812]

I'm inclined to say gen. The omega writing on the clasp just looks more gen than my rep and the centre of the omega symbol is centred with the e of omega. My UPO bracelet is slightly off in that respect probably cos of the text size being slightly different. The endlinks look gen too.

Edited September 7, 2014 by danza1812

[Resistor]

The clasp engraving is high quality, suggesting that it's genuine.

...I mean...it's a poor replica. I'll give you $20 for it

[Rolexman]

It's a rep. Look at the finishing of the inside of the clasp. I've seen a lot of POs gen and rep. No genuine I handled ever had a clasp like this.

[Rolexman]

Why did you remove the picture of the inside of the clasp?

[Tanto91]

believe this is rep.  look at the tabs on the back side of the end links - on the rep those little tabs are kind of trapezoid shaped while on the gen they are square.  i will say though, the rep bracelet is *really* close to gen.  

 

personally i think the clasp engravings look a bit thinner than gen and the stamps/engravings on the back side of the links dont look sharp enough (on the gen i think they look more 'etched'), though i could be wrong - it really is hard to tell unless you have them side by side in hand.

[fraggle42]

Looks a rep.

 

I got a gen clasp and fitted it to my rep strap and had to mill out the links in the strap slightly as the gen clasp is slightly wider where it narrows a little.