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In 1959 or 60 my father bought this for his father in Aruba. My grandfather wore it until his death. My father then wore it until he handed it to me on Saturday.
About 25 years ago, the watch was hung on my father's machinist tool bench. We worked at the same institution. A bunch of school kids came through on a tour and one stole it. We found the bus still on campus. I boarded and said they weren't leaving until we found the watch. I told my father to go look around the bus. He found the watch. One of the punks threw it out of the window. Luckily, it landed in the grass.
It's beat up. Hasn't been cleaned in 35+years, and it's priceless to me. I dont want to sell or restore it. I won't have a chance to get it open until after Christmas when I send it to my watchmaker friend. I was just wondering. Is it possible to narrow down year and model without cracking open the case?
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I know the crystal was replaced. I can't find any cases searching online that match that case. It also doesn't say SWISS MADE on the dial. The back is so wear wore the Engraving is almost rubbed off.
 
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Thanks in advance for any help. Yes, I know it's easier to just open the case and read the numbers but..... I'm impatient. And it will be after Christmas by the time I get it to the watchmaker.
 
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Thanks in advance for any help. Yes, I know it's easier to just open the case and read the numbers but..... I'm impatient. And it will be after Christmas by the time I get it to the watchmaker.

you can open the case yourself if you're careful:


(just don't try to change the battery yourself 馃榿)
 
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Battery? We need to see what is in the case, and we need the serial number off the movement, and style number inside the case back. Even with this information, 1959 or 1960 may be as close as you can expect without paying Omega for an extract.
 
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Canuck Canuck
Battery?

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There鈥檚 funny HA HA, and funny peculiar. This is the latter.
 
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Canuck Canuck
There鈥檚 funny HA HA, and funny peculiar. This is the latter.
Yeah that's a european-ish form of humour... you seem to have forgotten your French-British roots 馃槈

But, yeah, I picked a video centered around opening snap casebacks, with a focus on how to change the battery though... obviously the OP's watch is not battery-powered. This is where all the humour supposedly derives from. If there are scholars that specialize about humour structure and form on OF, this is the time (haha) for you to chime (haha #2) in and educate us both about how this figure of speech is called. Thank you!

In any case - what I meant is, with a knife edge and a steady hand, the OP can open the caseback him/herself 馃槈

Best,
Paul
 
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Lonestar Lonestar
you can open the case yourself if you're careful:


(just don't try to change the battery yourself 馃榿)

Please don't follow these instructions - you should not pry the case back off. The knife should be used a a wedge to slowly increase the gap around the case back, until it just lifts off. Prying will damage the case back.

And yes I agree, don't try changing the battery yourself. 馃榾
 
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Lonestar Lonestar
Yeah that's a european-ish form of humour... you seem to have forgotten your French-British roots 馃槈

But, yeah, I picked a video centered around opening snap casebacks, with a focus on how to change the battery though... obviously the OP's watch is not battery-powered. This is where all the humour supposedly derives from. If there are scholars that specialize about humour structure and form on OF, this is the time (haha) for you to chime (haha #2) in and educate us both about how this figure of speech is called. Thank you!

In any case - what I meant is, with a knife edge and a steady hand, the OP can open the caseback him/herself 馃槈

Best,
Paul

Don't sweat it. I can assure you most Canadians do have a sense of humour...
 
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Thanks all. I played with old Elgin pocket watches for a short period. Let's just say I don't have a steady hand. I don't even try to open them anymore. Thanks again.
 
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Ahhhh. Dad's and flexo-bands...... Seem to go hand in hand.
 
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I'm a dad and I love flexo-bands. My local jeweler still has NOS from the 50's and 60's but you have to go into the basement to sort through the stuff.
 
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I'd love to put a nice leather band as close to original as possible. But it's had a flexo-band even when my grandfather wore it. Pure Dad. When I have the watch cleaned, I'll just have them clean the flexo-band. Gotta admit. It's pretty comfortable until an arm hair gets caught!
 
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Had a watchmaker open her up today.
It's a 284 movement
Back # 2938
Patent 315164
Ser# 16842281

Now I need to look that up.
 
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The 284 is based on the old 30T2 SC. This is a classic movement with an impeccable pedigree.
 
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I know the crystal was replaced. I can't find any cases searching online that match that case. It also doesn't say SWISS MADE on the dial. The back is so wear wore the Engraving is almost rubbed off.

It has been redialed at some point (spending its life in warmer climates could well hasten the degradation), hence the missing Swiss Made. I like the engraving; it is more common to have a plain back 馃榾
 
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ConElPueblo ConElPueblo
It has been redialed at some point (spending its life in warmer climates could well hasten the degradation), hence the missing Swiss Made. I like the engraving; it is more common to have a plain back 馃榾
Never redialed.
 
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