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I’m confused if the authenticity of the dial. I assumed that 150m and resist had to be on the same line. This one hovers above the 150m. Also the hands are whiter than the lume plots on the dial. Any help is appreciated.
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I’m confused if the authenticity of the dial. I assumed that 150m and resist had to be on the same line. This one hovers above the 150m. Also the hands are whiter than the lume plots on the dial. Any help is appreciated.
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Here are a couple of threads discussing 6306 Scubapros with some pictures and a nice article from the watch bloke with closeup pictures of dial.

Always hard to know if genuine. Sometimes the background behind the watch may help.



 

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Even the ones I know are legit look a bit wonky to me, to play devils advocate, if I was unscrupulous and came across an original Scubapro strap, on it's own worth $200+ would I source a 6306 and then add a dial? Just sayin, the strap is what it is but IMO does not lend provenance to the watch only value.
 

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I think it's legit. Although to be honest I'm never a full 100% sure ( and I've spent hours staring at known examples when I was planning to snag one)
The strap does add legitimacy, or someone really is going the extra mile.

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Two things about the OP's dial:

1) If you look at the 150m and then the R in resist, the R on the OP's photo is clearly TALLER than the m in 150m. All of the one's that I've seen are like the pics of the two in scubarob's photos where the m and R are on the same level (as is mine).

2) the gap between the m and R is fairly noticeable as well whereas the R's in scubarob's photos seems to be closer.

I'll have to admit that I haven't stared at dials in a while, but that jumped out at me pretty easily. It might be the angle of the watch in the photos and I'd probably vote authentic, but would feel better if, in my search for one, I saw another dial like the OPs. =)

I could use a couple of those keepers though =\

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I was thinking the same thing as you. Plus the lume. The watch was on eBay and was in Australia. He had sold a Captain Willard a few weeks ago and it was a complete set with BX/PX paperwork. He was very responsive to the questions. Most of his pics of this watch was at an angle until I asked for one straight on. I felt good about the strap but that dial and lume just hit me wrong.
 

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My money is - as always - on Jim W.'s assessment.
I didn't say that I disagreed with Jim. Lol, I remember when he bought his from Leong (i believe it was). I was just pointing out the differences within all the photos in this thread. .... as far as accepting a "blind" opinion about a 450 if I didn't know the person(s) , I'd only accept one from mmounce 😁

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Gentlemen the watch is back for sale. I asked for pics of the lume at night and he said “ it doesn't glow any more not enough to take photos of” I e done my homework. What do y’all think? What price am I looking at? Or should I run?
 

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Gentlemen the watch is back for sale. I asked for pics of the lume at night and he said “ it doesn't glow any more not enough to take photos of” I e done my homework. What do y’all think? What price am I looking at? Or should I run?
i say run. if a seller is not willing to do simple things like take a pic of lume, screw him.

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