Another unusual item popped up on my eBay search lately : http://r.ebay.com/J1Vpmv





The 1310 is not an unusual movement of course, neither are 18k Omega dials, although they are rare, and there is even a "TV"/Square 18k 1310 (BA 396.0811) but I'm not aware (and the Omega Vintage Database either) of any 18k 1310 watch with a round dial ? I asked the seller but he claims ignorance (probably doesn't want to be turned in for the smelting of a historic piece ).

Anyone know what watch it might have come from ?

 

Mystery solved, it is in fact the BA 196.0015 model as seen on page 380 of the one and only "A Journey Through Time" book by Marco Richon...when in doubt this is the first place one should head to. In my defense the internet doesn't know much about that watch except that it was one of the first Omegas with a saphir glass.

 

Can you post a picture?

 

Here you go

 

Just for reference purposes (took me a while to find it again), here is the "TV" version BA 196.0016 (BA 396.0811 on bracelet) discussed in another forum post https://omegaforums.net/threads/1970s-gold-constellation-megaquartz.18115/

 

A few more 1310 tidbits :



For the "TV" Version, from the old (and better) Omega Vintage Database :

 

To close the loop on this, the dial could also come from the bracelet version of the BA 196.0015, i.e. the BA 396.0809 although sadly no picture of it is known to Google at this point, here is an extract from the 1977 Omega UK Catalogue (from old-omegas) :