1944 Omega Automatic

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My wife found this watch among some things a neighbor gave her to take to the recycling center. I've done some very basic research but would appreciate additional details and as much information as can be obtained. Thanks in advance for your responses.

One interesting feature, the winding stem appears to have, "Elgin" on it.
 
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That's a gold omega watch, probably from the 1940s. Nice find!. Someone else will tell you more about it. Dont recycle it!!.
 
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Excellent find! Crazy to hear something like that
 
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I suggest she give it back to him. He might have put it in the recycling by mistake.
 
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My wife found this watch among some things a neighbor gave her to take to the recycling center. I've done some very basic research but would appreciate additional details and as much information as can be obtained. Thanks in advance for your responses.

One interesting feature, the winding stem appears to have, "Elgin" on it.
Forgot to mention, I set and wound watch over 24 hours ago and so far, it keeps perfect time.
 
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I suggest she give it back to him. He might have put it in the recycling by mistake.

She asked him when he put it in the bin. He told her to take it.
 
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That's a great find, congratulations on it and dibs if you sell it. I'd suggest finding a good local watchmaker to go over it if you plan on keeping it. Who knows when the last time it was serviced was.
 
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maybe i should help my old neighbors to tidy up their house 😜

do not use it before having it serviced, you risk doing serious damage to it.
the crown is not original, at that time it was not signed, without Omega logo.
 
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That's a great find, congratulations on it and dibs if you sell it. I'd suggest finding a good local watchmaker to go over it if you plan on keeping it. Who knows when the last time it was serviced was.
Thanks. I plan on taking it to my "watch guy" as soon as I can. After he takes a look, I may find a time period correct band and wear it on certain special occasions. I'm a bit of a watch fanatic, have several, only a couple of consequence. I am interested in knowing an approximate value, for insurance purposes.
 
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maybe i should help my old neighbors to tidy up their house 😜

do not use it before having it serviced, you risk doing serious damage to it.
the crown is not original, at that time it was not signed, without Omega logo.

Thank you. I plan on taking it to my "watch guy" as soon as I can. Want him to go over it and clean it up.
 
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I think it is an example of Omega’s first automatic watch with a center seconds movement cal. 28,10 PC SC.

I’m not sure of exact case reference number of this watch, but I’ve seen other similar examples.

What’s important here is that the watch looks to be in all original condition except for the crown.

This should clean up very nicely. Wear in good health,
gatorcpa
 
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She asked him when he put it in the bin. He told her to take it.

Did he know he was actually giving her a 18kt gold watch?

Be a good neighbor and mention the fact the watch is gold and if he would like it back. Then if he says keep it. It's OK.

If he's old. He may not know what he gave away

DON
 
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Thanks for posting, it's fun to see such an early automatic Omega. As noted above, the Elgin crown it obviously not original. It was probably just something that a watchmaker had lying around so it was installed to keep the watch functional.