1929 ladies watch with new photos

IanB · Dec 30, 2020

Hi I'm a new member, I need help to identify an old ladies Omega watch. I found it while clearing out my parents house. They were in their 90's and I dont recall ever having seen my mother wearing it.
I have had a look on the Omega vintage site and the closest style I can see is dated around 1906-1916.
I will attach some photos but to aid it is in a silver 0.925 case with a hinged rear case which is inscribed with the Omega logo, the silver marks and a serial number 7029274. There are a couple of other marks either side of the Omega logo which appear to be a capital SA in a diamond stamp and a small square stamp with what looks like DS in it.
On the watch movement I can only see another serial number 7035474 and the Omega logo very stylised with long tails on the letters M and A. Cant find anything else like a calibre number though.
Does anyone have any ideas on age or details please.

aleksejeremeev · Dec 30, 2020

SkunkPrince · Dec 30, 2020

Not necessarily a lady's watch if the diameter is at least 30mm.

IanB · Dec 30, 2020

Diameter is 25mm

TimeODanaos · Dec 30, 2020

Welcome, Ian. We have some real experts here who will be able to help, but I know the first thing they'll say is, please post much sharper pictures! Could I suggest one of the crown as well? You might consider amending the thread title to mention it's a 1920s-30s piece, as that might attract the right people Who Know This Stuff. Good luck!

nicks · Dec 30, 2020

So, ladies Omega watch. Movement serial dates it to 1929.

Possibly people here could say a lot more with a proper picture of the caseback engravings. You might try to get decent shots of the dial and movement?

Foo2rama · Dec 30, 2020

Ladies watch circa about 1929.
That’s really the only info for it. Men’s watches where still very uncommon at that time. More women’s watches where made in that era.

it did not have a model name.

wagudc · Dec 30, 2020

Foo2rama
LlMen’s watches where still very uncommon at that time. More women’s watches where made in that era.

Surely you must be talking about wrist watches here. Pocket watches from that era are ubiquitous.

Foo2rama · Dec 30, 2020

wagudc
Surely you must be talking about wrist watches here. Pocket watches from that era are ubiquitous.

Yes I apologize I do not see pocket watches as watches.

wagudc · Dec 30, 2020

Foo2rama
Yes I apologize I do not see pocket watches as watches.

Don't let @Canuck hear you say that.

IanB · Dec 31, 2020

TimeODanaos
Welcome, Ian. We have some real experts here who will be able to help, but I know the first thing they'll say is, please post much sharper pictures! Could I suggest one of the crown as well? You might consider amending the thread title to mention it's a 1920s-30s piece, as that might attract the right people Who Know This Stuff. Good luck!

Hi I’ve taken some more photos which might help identification and does it have any value do you think

connieseamaster · Dec 31, 2020

Lovely watch. I'm afraid I don't have much to add beyond my bemusement at how close the case a movement serial numbers are.

Canuck · Jan 1, 2021

Foo2rama
Yes I apologize I do not see pocket watches as watches.

Many of us are glad you feel that way! Competition for good pocket watches is tough enough without those who are disdainful about pocket watches as you appear to be! ::rimshot::

Foo2rama · Jan 1, 2021

Canuck
Many of us are glad you feel that way! Competition for good pocket watches is tough enough without those who are disdainful about pocket watches as you appear to be!

It's not disdain, it's I never put 2 and 2 together and kept them separate in my mind, even though watch is in the title, I don't see it that way.

make sense? Its like I never realized its the same word....

Canuck · Jan 2, 2021

Foo2rama
It's not disdain, it's I never put 2 and 2 together and kept them separate in my mind, even though watch is in the title, I don't see it that way.

make sense? Its like I never realized its the same word....

Make sense? Not a bit! Portable timekeepers (let’s not call them watches for the moment) were around for several hundred years before wrist watches appeared on the scene. If pocket watches aren’t considered “watches” from your point of view, what would you call them? Enquiring minds want to know. To make a statement such as you made, you should be prepared to back it up!

OMTOM · Jan 2, 2021

The movement is a 23.7S. This movement was used in this period for both men’s and ladies’ watches – it really could be either. I would guess that the watch dates about 1925. To confirm the movement, I attach OP’s image marked with a red box that shows where it may show ‘23.7S’ (hard to see in this image), under the balance.

The list of (approximate!) dates shown by @aleksejeremeev above is for movements (because there were no 2-million Omega cases). Dating of Omega watches until the mid-1930s was by case number. The movement number can be very confusing – and here is a good example: the 23.7 was one of the movements made both in Biel/Bienne and in Geneva and this was a Geneva production. The numbers allocated to Geneva movements were in batches and quite separate from the Biel/Bienne numbers – so this 703- movement number could have been produced at the same time as a Biel/Bienne 633- movement.

As we see, the Omega case is 925 silver and it all looks original. The strap may not be original – but it is certainly very old! Charming. The watch will have some value – but surely the value is greater to the OP, having come from his own family? As always, it would make sense to have the watch serviced – whereupon it could well keep good time.

Foo2rama · Jan 2, 2021

Canuck
Make sense? Not a bit! Portable timekeepers (let’s not call them watches for the moment) were around for several hundred years before wrist watches appeared on the scene. If pocket watches aren’t considered “watches” from your point of view, what would you call them? Enquiring minds want to know. To make a statement such as you made, you should be prepared to back it up!

no some reason my mind does not see it as car and sports car. I see it as 2 separate things. Related but not the same word.

more like watch and pocketwatch. So if you use the term watch you only are talking about wrist watches.

OMTOM · Jan 2, 2021

And just to complete the picture, Omega used the 23.7 in pocket watches as well as wrist watches.

Dan S · Jan 2, 2021

Foo2rama
Yes I apologize I do not see pocket watches as watches.

Foo2rama
It's not disdain, it's I never put 2 and 2 together and kept them separate in my mind, even though watch is in the title, I don't see it that way.

make sense? Its like I never realized its the same word....

Foo2rama
no some reason my mind does not see it as car and sports car. I see it as 2 separate things. Related but not the same word.

more like watch and pocketwatch. So if you use the term watch you only are talking about wrist watches.

Thanks for this, it really made me chuckle. It's easy to have blind spots around things that we get very close to. Like the blind men and the elephant.

Canuck · Jan 2, 2021

Foo2rama
no some reason my mind does not see it as car and sports car. I see it as 2 separate things. Related but not the same word.

more like watch and pocketwatch. So if you use the term watch you only are talking about wrist watches.

None so blind as those who refuse to see! Silly discussion.

1929 ladies watch with new photos

IanB

aleksejeremeev

SkunkPrince

IanB

TimeODanaos

nicks

Foo2rama

wagudc

Foo2rama

wagudc

IanB

connieseamaster

Canuck

Foo2rama

Canuck

OMTOM

Foo2rama

OMTOM

Dan S

Canuck

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