cristos71
·Was it not to align with local expectations around gold purity? For example, in some countries 14ct is the norm, in others it’s 18ct.
I was also thinking this may be the case so had a look through a couple of early 50s catalogues that I have. It seems that in the 50s anyway Omega offered some references in 18kt, some in 14kt and some in both. The price difference for the same ref between 14kt and 18kt was approx 25%. So I guess 14kt was for the goldbug on a budget.



































