WS 7: Vintage Omega Seamaster Gasket Ring Replacement
The Dial's and the Hands' origins remain unclear
I knew right after I bought this watch on watch meeting that the dial must be new
or professionally refurbished. Why? Because when I returned home
late and came into the dark apartment, the watch
was glowing like a SKX779K. How was that possible? I had inspected the dial and
first assumed that it was a NOS Omega dial because the printing was so amazingly
precise.
Much later
I inspected the dial with my 40 x stereoscope and found two very small depressions
near the OMEGA lettering. I assume, that these holes were to fit the feet of an
Omega logo. Whoever
had refurbished that dial, did a great job. From looking at the dial from the
upside, there is
no way you could tell that it had been refurbished. The indices, the index
ticks, all is so accurate, maybe even accurate then Omega could produce those
original dials.
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Please note the lume starts to set in as soon as the light
is a bit lower

This is the original resized picture out of my Nikon
Coolpix after having exposed the dial to the desktop lamp for a while. It must
be Tritium since the luminosity does not show the quick fading effect as Luminova
does