Thanks for alerting me
@DaveK
Thanks to
@JimInOz for the link which answers most points.
I offer the following to expand the answer. This is an early Omega 30’’’ 8-day (Reference 9247). There were changes to later versions. The 30’’’ was cased in a ‘UK’ version (Reference 6818) with circular bow, cylindrical stem and spherical crown – the ‘Continental’ Reference 9247 had an oval bow, different (more attractive?) stem and oval crown and had either a gilded movement (as here) for the European market or movement that was silvered or nickel plated (both versions existed) for the US market (and that movement was marked ‘SWISS’). There was also a (slightly smaller) Omega 27’’’8-day. Of each version, thousands were made.
In spite of being in the form of a pocket watch (and described as a pocket watch) it was intended for display and not for the pocket. As
@betmeen writes,
“there were bigger casings of this calibre” – and the same calibre was cased in 40’’’ and 60’’’ cases (producing the 30/40’’’ and 30/60’’’ watches – whilst keeping the same reference). There was also the crystal ball/boule de crystal, effectively a modified 30/40’’’, reference 9218. These watches were all produced for display – typically as shown in the link Jim gave us.
Omega was not the only manufacturer of watches like this – it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between them at first sight.
As described elsewhere, there was also the MM&Co ‘lit’ version (of both 30’’’ and 30/40’’’ and Omega 27’’’8-day – and other manufacturers) – so (for Jim) it just could have been for bedside!
Actually a big subject!
