HELP NEEDED :) question about a vintage premoon speedmaster
Hey guys, long time visitor here, and have made posts here and there, but I'm in a bit of a conundrum and I'm hoping members of this forum could help me out :)I've come across a rare gem that happened to pop up for sale in my neck of the woods, it looks to be a 1968 omega speedmaster premoon with a 321 movement. I've attached some pics of the watch below.The watch looks to be refinished and hands do not look era correct (someone please help me confirm this). My question is, if all is original, except the hands, how much does this damage the value of this watch? And how much would a new set of hands cost?Seller is asking $6,500 for the watch as is.Thanks guys and gals, any input at all would be greatly appreciated!!!

Omegas
When they are at their best.

Dating a vintage Omega
I read somewhere that if you send your vintage Omega to Bienne for a service they will return the watch with a report on date of build,sale date etc,is this true?if so, is it possible to get this info without sending the watch to Bienne,I have seen the Omega dates lists around but I beleive they could be out +/- a year or two,or are these date lists about as near as I'm likely to get to knowing the date of my watch? cheers

Twilight Omega Lume
I tried my best to get a visible watch picture but with a little lume glowing.Anyone else got similar pics?

Perhaps I will never buy another SS sport Rolex
I want to premise this buy saying I know how a free market works and get it.So today I visited a gray dealer at my local mall who I will not name.What struck me was the number of brand new SS models in stock: lvc, blnr, daytonac, red sea dweller 2017.I inquired how they had got them and they said from a local AD. The markup was quite high and followed the internet prices if not higher, they wanted 19k for the black daytonac. Cant say I am suprised and I get it is part of the business.The store also had used models such as a lvc and blnr. They wanted 9,400 for the lvc. I inquired if this was the same lvc I saw in July 2017 and the clerk said yes. When I asked why the price was up for 8k to 9.4k she said the market had risen, fair enough and makes sense to me. Just shocked they never sold it. However, the price was firm according to the clerk.In any event I was respectful and left on good terms. Just a frustraiting experience overall especially when many members here would kill for thos