Fake omega watch?

Pop the back and take a look but don't expect much.

You are correct in your suspicions.

omega_sigma_delta said:

Anything to look for when i'm checking the back? I've heard something about serial numbers on the insides, but i'm not very smart when it comes to watches.

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The back should have the model number and a photo of whatever movement is in there.

mrv said:

It's a real quartz Omega Deville from the 80s, looks good.

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I'm not so sure. While this does come from the era of "let's see how many cheap watches we can crank out", there is something about the case that bothers me - it looks too brassy and too dull.

That's why I wanted to see the movement and the inside back.

mrv said:

I'm sure that it's real, I have a women's version of this watch. It's gold plated, the plating may be coming off or it's just need polishing. And it was not about cheap watches - these watches were made very thin and lightweight on purpose, the idea was to make the watch as thin and light as possible.

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You misunderstand. In that era, all of the Swiss manufacturers were struggling and therefore cranked out many very unimaginative watches to keep up with digital revolution. These watches were relatively cheap (for Omega), but that case just looks very weird to me - but yes, this is the type of watch that they made back then.

mrv said:

Please read here about a quest to make a thinnest quartz watch possible - it was a huge trend in the early 80s, and Omega was part of it, not being "unimaginative":

Worlds Thinnest Watch

Well got to be damn close!! 18K pink. Not a mark and no wear to the lug pins. Heavy and a real nice feel to it :-) few spots on the dial and dust specs that will come off

www.watchuseek.com

And this is another article on the same topic:

The Thin Watch War | The Watch Files: January 12, 1979 - Grail Watch

On January 12, 1979, the Swiss watch industry announced the thinnest watch ever made: The Delirium, developed by Ebauches SA for Concord, Eterna, IWC, and Longines, measured just 1.98 mm thick. It wasn't a big seller, but was a PR exercise to show the world that the Swiss were innovating like...

grail-watch.com

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Kinda-sorta, although your articles kind of prove my point. The Swiss watch industry wasn't doing very well at that time and, aside from chasing the Japanese manufacturers with niche (and often unusable) movements like the Delirium, they made relatively boring watches that sold for far more than the competition but had no technological advantages - the manufacturers were trying to stay alive.

That's not to say that these watches aren't interesting today, but they aren't sought after either - but there are lots of them out there.

Here, my concern is that the case doesn't look very good and If I were buying the watch, I'd like to see the movement and the caseback - the DeVille on the back looks a bit off in the photos.

It is funny how discussions about 70's Swiss watches diverge - it took years for the industry to recover and while I think those were very dark days for them, I'm happy that they gave up on mass marketing.