Transliterator
2 August 2009, 09:32 AM
Hi there,
New member of the forums with a query. Wondering what the opinions on this watch from ebay are regarding its authenticity.
Oyster Ref 1500 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370232981860)
I have been scouring images of similar watches trying to identify familiar patterns, and everything seems alright so far except the movement looks slightly different to another picture I saw http://www.perpetualpedia.com/IRwatchpics/cal1570.jpg
where the second cog is silver instead of gold in appearance, and of course a flywheel or some such is visible and that area is covered in the photo.
The other area is there "T SWISS T" mark, where the I in the SWISS appears to be covered by the Tritium blob, I have seen one other example of this in a watch from a similar era, but there was a question of angle as well, is this a normal occurrence?
I decided to purchase the watch anyway, as it seemed to be genuine enough, but I would certainly appreciate some reassurance!
New member of the forums with a query. Wondering what the opinions on this watch from ebay are regarding its authenticity.
Oyster Ref 1500 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370232981860)
I have been scouring images of similar watches trying to identify familiar patterns, and everything seems alright so far except the movement looks slightly different to another picture I saw http://www.perpetualpedia.com/IRwatchpics/cal1570.jpg
where the second cog is silver instead of gold in appearance, and of course a flywheel or some such is visible and that area is covered in the photo.
The other area is there "T SWISS T" mark, where the I in the SWISS appears to be covered by the Tritium blob, I have seen one other example of this in a watch from a similar era, but there was a question of angle as well, is this a normal occurrence?
I decided to purchase the watch anyway, as it seemed to be genuine enough, but I would certainly appreciate some reassurance!