2 dollar thrift store Omega ladies watch??

peture · Aug 13, 2022

Hi there

Me and my daughter went to the local thriftstore/upcycling place and she stumbled across this vintage Omega for around 2 USD!!.

I collect Omega watches myself, but I can't seem to find any info on this particular watch, like what year it's from, what it could be worth and anything else anyone might be able to tell us 😀

It has an engraved caseback with a monogram, and there's also a bunch of small engravings/scribbles inside the caseback other than the original markings... is/was that a normal thing to do, or what could it be?

Any info/help is greatly appreciated 😀

SkunkPrince · Aug 13, 2022

You bought a solid gold watch for two bucks?

The scribbles are watchmaker's marks from when it was serviced. Approximate date, early 20s. Major score for you. Worth? Who knows? It's worth what someone will pay for it. Hundreds, but not thousands.

I know a watchmaker in New Mexico who loves these pieces if you need a referral. It needs to be cleaned before it can be worn on a daily basis. But I sense you're not in USA so we can recommend people where you are. 😀

sheepdoll · Aug 13, 2022

Someone got lucky.

That is a century old wristwatch from the WWI era. 61xxxxx should allow you to date it. (I do not have the charts handy)

Most of these were ladies pocket watches with the lugs soldier on. The girlfriend would send the watch to the soldier on the line, who woult then convert it to a writs watch. Such actions are how wrist watches became popular.

-j

peture · Aug 13, 2022

SkunkPrince
You bought a solid gold watch for two bucks?

The scribbles are watchmaker's marks from when it was serviced. Approximate date, early 20s. Major score for you. Worth? Who knows? It's worth what someone will pay for it. Hundreds, but not thousands.

I know a watchmaker in New Mexico who loves these pieces if you need a referral. It needs to be cleaned before it can be worn on a daily basis. But I sense you're not in USA so we can recommend people where you are. 😀

Yeah, although it's my 17 year old daughter who got lucky, but then this really ignited her interest in watches (beyond rolling her eyes at me when geeking out about them), so I guess that counts as my luck as well 😁

Thanks alot, interesting about the watchmaker's marks, didn't know that at all! The watch seems to keep time really well. We wound and set it right after she bought it this morning, and it's still accurate to the minute (we didn't time it properly with toolwatch or anything)...
We're in Denmark, so New Mexico would be pretty far away 😀

peture · Aug 13, 2022

sheepdoll
Someone got lucky.

That is a century old wristwatch from the WWI era. 61xxxxx should allow you to date it. (I do not have the charts handy)

Most of these were ladies pocket watches with the lugs soldier on. The girlfriend would send the watch to the soldier on the line, who woult then convert it to a writs watch. Such actions are how wrist watches became popular.

-j

That's super cool, I reckoned the lugs were soldered on, but had no idea that that could be the reason ... thank you so much for sharing!
Someone on FB just dated the watch to 1924 (+/- a year)...

SkunkPrince · Aug 13, 2022

P peture
That's super cool, I reckoned the lugs were soldered on, but had no idea that that could be the reason ... thank you so much for sharing!
Someone on FB just dated the watch to 1924 (+/- a year)...

Serial number lists back then are only approximate, so "early 20s" is probably the best you could ask for. I have a watch that the serial number lists would imply 1910, but that caliber wasn't introduced until about 1917.

perks713 · Aug 13, 2022

That’s an awesome find. Even setting aside that it’s solid gold that’s an awesome pick up 😀

At some point you should add it here: https://omegaforums.net/threads/show-us-your-vintage-omega-womens-watches.148967/

BroMega · Aug 13, 2022

I should feel envy and curse the fact that I never get this lucky but strangely this post just made me very happy. Congrats and thanks for posting!

2 dollar thrift store Omega ladies watch??

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