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ctime3
路Haha. He looks familiar. But if it is you I doubt you grew up in Bay Village, Ohio and live outside Philadelphia, PA now. The mystery goes on....
Another 1930's Art Deco piece
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SpikiSpikester
路路@ 惟FIf you see this guy around then it's him not me 馃槈
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Hijak
路Freakin' Awsome!馃槑 I walked with a Zombie last night!
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Tire-comedon
路Perhaps this is a subject for another thread, but shouldn't we try to assemble a database of vintage Omega catalogs photos and/or links on this site for reference by collectors? It would never be a substiture for the official Omega Vintage Database on omegawatches. com, but could become a good complement.
I have a couple in my picture files (1937 Swedish and 1950 Swiss/English). There are several over on the Old-Omegas website that are watermarked. Perhaps we can get permission to integrate those here.
Thoughts?
gatorcpa
Excellent idea. I would be glad to bring my small contribution. I am currently scanning my Omega catalogs, so some of them may not be imediately availabke but it will soon be completed. I also have some files that I got from friends. We could also gather ads which are easier to find and can give a good basis for identifying a model.
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ctime3
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路I just saw it in the book. I like how Omega keeps the history in their watches even if it is just a marker.
It's on page 121 of AJTT, one of the CK96x watches with a 20F calibre.
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SpikiSpikester
路路@ 惟FNice Watch, I would it is a ref 964. Two views from some 1933 catalogs :
(this last one was issued during 1933 to advertise the creation of 'acier staybrite ', the Omega stainless steel of that period.
Just a quick update. After cleaning the crystal a bit & taking a photo which caught a gold reflection I am now of the view that the one I bought is actually a 959 (at top right of the 1st catalogue pic) after the gold plate has flaked off
The case, dial and hands are the same & the dial has a gold tinge that really comes out with some gold reflection. And some gunk around the crown I ignored now looks like bits of remaining gold plate.
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Mothra
路Just a quick update. After cleaning the crystal a bit & taking a photo which caught a gold reflection I am now of the view that the one I bought is actually a 959 (at top right of the 1st catalogue pic) after the gold plate has flaked off
The case, dial and hands are the same & the dial has a gold tinge that really comes out with some gold reflection. And some gunk around the crown I ignored now looks like bits of remaining gold plate.
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Tire-comedon
路Just a quick update. After cleaning the crystal a bit & taking a photo which caught a gold reflection I am now of the view that the one I bought is actually a 959 (at top right of the 1st catalogue pic) after the gold plate has flaked off
The case, dial and hands are the same & the dial has a gold tinge that really comes out with some gold reflection. And some gunk around the crown I ignored now looks like bits of remaining gold plate.
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路路@ 惟FLooks like Acier from the pictures I have. I haven't opened it up myself.
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路路@ 惟FSee what you think...
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UncleBuck
路路understands the decision making hierarchyI stared and stared, magnified and shopped, couldn't tell for sure but was convinced it said staybrite.
It would seem difficult to remove the plating without affecting the case but maybe it was a bad plating that didn't adhere well.
Is it possible that just the crown was replaced with an old plated one?
This answer may be lost in time.
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Tire-comedon
路If it says acier staybrite, it was a stainless steel case. I agree the crown may have been replaced. It is difficult to use the dial and hands to identify the reference of an Omega from this period. Until the seventies they produced cases and calibers by batches and assembled them later. Then, dial and hands could vary. By the way you see in original catalogs and adverts, the same ref with different combinations. I usually identify watches by their case and caliber.
Sometimes there is a different ref for luminous and non luminous dials.
Sometimes there is a different ref for luminous and non luminous dials.
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SpikiSpikester
路路@ 惟FVery helpful - thanks 馃憤
