c1944 Military Omega

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Kippy

·Mar 22, 2022

Hi All

Recently I bought this watch on EBay - allegedly an "Estate Find" - not too dear so to me worth taking a punt. What do the experts on thsi Forum opine on the authenticity of it? Many thanks in advance. Andrew

 

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TexOmega

·Mar 22, 2022

Please tell me what your research has shown, I need to learn. Please post pictures of ones like this so I can see what originals would look like. I thank you and others down the road will thank you when they google and find this thread.


I'm all ears/eyes

 

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CdnWatchDoc

·Mar 22, 2022

Definitely not an original dial; all WWW models had similar black dials with white numbers and minute tracks. And those hands are from a dress watch, not a mil-spec piece. The movement looks from the era, and the caseback has the correct model code, but I would think this is a franken from harvested parts. Great for movement parts, but nothing else I am afraid
This is the typical Omega WWW dial:

This is an MoD replacement dial; NATO coded dials also can be seen on some of these

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JimInOz

·Mar 22, 2022·Melbourne Australia

Maybe an original owner "liberated" it and decided to civilianise it for a dress watch?

 

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CdnWatchDoc

·Mar 22, 2022

Possibly, but I don't think the case has fixed lugs, which was a requirement of the WWW request. Maybe it was a watch the Dirty Dozen saved from the trash bin!

 

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Dan S

·Mar 22, 2022

As noted above, it is put together from pieces of at least a couple of watches. But it has a lot of authentic Omega parts from the same era and it's not bad looking.

 

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Kippy

·Mar 23, 2022

Thanks for your learned responses! The case DOES have fixed lugs incidentally.

 

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watchyouwant

·Mar 23, 2022

Find a dial and hands.will be around $ 900 plus. Then you have your WWW.

 

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JimInOz

·Mar 23, 2022·Melbourne Australia

K Kippy

Thanks for your learned responses! The case DOES have fixed lugs incidentally.

Fixed lugs or fixed bars?
The strap on it doesn't look like the style used for fixed bars.

 

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jove14

·Mar 23, 2022

Hi.
Mine say's hello.
It's also a 44.
Joe.

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MaartenF

·Mar 29, 2022

The case looks sharp. The movement number fits a WWW too. Indeed, must be civilianized in the 50s.

Change the dial and hands and you have a WWW again.

Here is mine.

 

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Hilts

·Mar 29, 2022

This has just reminded me of my mis-cased "WWW" - goodness knows how a 6B/159 ended up in a WWW. Wonder if the watchmaker got the case mixed up with a '56?:

 

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Syrte

·Mar 29, 2022

Hilts

Wonder if the watchmaker got the case mixed up with a '56?:

Or he just didn’t care? So long as it keeps time…
Nice looking watch at any rate.