Any ANTIQUE Omega Watches? Pocket Watches Welcome..

dsio

We had a young guy from the UK that frequently replied in caps, ignored all suggestions, was constantly on the hustle and would just straight up deny anything and everything he was doing whenever called out on it. I feel like I'm having the exact same conversations from 2012-2014 all over again with the "who me?" and "witchhunt" nonsense. Just read the above posts, take them to heart and try to understand the message being conveyed, its not that difficult.

dsio

So is that a no on you being willing to just take the advice to heart and understanding what we're saying? Because its really not that hard to go "ok yea I get it" and be mindful of coming across as a hawker moving forward.

dsio

So is that a no on you being willing to just take the advice to heart and understanding what we're saying? Because its really not that hard to go "ok yea I get it" and be mindful of coming across as a hawker moving forward.

gatorcpa

Or wait until your watch actually sells. This seems to be more of a timing issue than anything else.
gatorcpa

dsio

So is that a no on you being willing to just take the advice to heart and understanding what we're saying? Because its really not that hard to go "ok yea I get it" and be mindful of coming across as a hawker moving forward.

gatorcpa

The dial and case on your watch are in very nice condition, but I'm afraid that you case dates from around 1937, while the movement is from 1927, or even earlier. Both the correct movement and your are part of the cal. 26,5 family of movements, so they should be interchangeable.

The dial is porcelain I believe, and I have seen examples of it on Omegas from the late 1930's. It could be original to either the case or movement, but not both.

Here's my example for comparison:







Note that the case number on your watch is 100K less than yours, but the movement number is almost 2M less. Highly unusual.
Still a very nice looking watch and someone took real care in matching the style of hands to the dial.
Sorry to be bearer of bad news.
gatorcpa

François Pépin

If I may intervene in this discussion, I think this serial numbers gap is a little bit too much to be legit.

According to some old Omega's data - you cannot find them anymore ns the Omega website, but you can see them here: http://ialreadyhaveawatch.com/watch-articles/omega/omega-serial-numbers-by-year/) - there could be a pretty huge gap, because old movements could be used as long as about 10 years after their production. A movement with a 6 millions serial number could be used untill 1735. So it could match with a case with a 9 millions serial number, which have been produced between 1935-1943.

But the OP's watch have the following case number: 9 224 490, which, i guess, would imply it has been produced around 1936-1938. So even if we consider the later use of an old movement, it seems a little odd. Of course, one could argue it is only one year difference (1935-1936) and that's only speculation. Well, I agree. But this is the best we can do with the data we have! And with these data, the OP's movement and case seem not to match.

By the way, it is a good looking watch! Maybe not a collectible one though. Not sure if it is OK to comment the price, so I will not.

To be sure, the OP could buy an extract from Omega, but we could also wait for @Tire-comedon to intervene! He could tell us if this kind of dial came with this kind of case - I am not sure it did, but Yann will surely know!

FullyWound

So case would need to be 1931 32 anyway if this statement is correct..

In 1932, Omega started to use staybrite steel. Just for fun, here is the advertising brochure from 1932 introducing the new super-stainless 'staybrite' (sorry, it is in French). You'll see here the very first models in Staybrite, and even the first Omega staybrite strap :

i want a 730!!

68xx in a 40s looking case here..

https://omegaforums.net/threads/an-old-relic-1920s-26-5-s-o-b.11687/