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The black face is rare - according to Omega they never made them. However, enough exist for there to be no doubt that they did.
Freddo believes that the watch is "numbers matching", i.e. case, bezel, hands, movement and dial are all original, and with the rare face he thinks that this means that the watch (was) undervalued.
The chap who wrote the site that Freddo directed me too earlier (https://www.omegaploprof.com/) believes that the dial and movement are not original to the case, and that the rarity of the dial colour doesn't off-set the lack of originality.
This is the correct dial for the case, but has a service bezel and a movement swap:
(And it's been turned round at some point in the past, but can be put back to the correct orientation).
It's just over a thousand pounds cheaper than the watch I was looking at.
I prefer the Isofrane strap, but the metal bracelet is also quite nice.