Ca. 1919 Omega Pocket Watch from my great grandpa. Should i restore?

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Hello good people of the OmegaForums.
What a cool community, i have read many interesting articles and posts already, and now i feel ready to post on my own

Many years ago i inherited my great grandpa's pocket watch. I' ve had it on a shelf, but now I'm considering either having it restored or restoring it my self. It ticks beautifully when wound, but has some serious cosmetic flaws. The silver back plate has come loose from the casing, and the enamel dial is badly chipped.
So i need help!
I need to identify more specifically what kind of watch it is, and if it is even possible to do anything to restore it. And will it be worth it? I'm not planning on selling it, but i would like to know its approximate value before trying to restore it my self f.ex.

I have no particular knowledge of watches, so i could really use a bit of advice from you guys.

I can date the serial from the casing to ca 1919 or 1920 (mid 5mil serial running from 1915 to 1923) but that is kind of it. I have no stories of its origin, it was just handed down to me, through family.

And it would be an awesome bonus if someone knows what the hand-scratched numbers on the inside of the casing means? Maybe assembler's ID? repairs? Something entirely different?

I hope you can spare a minute to help.
Thanks!
Jakob.



 
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Okay, so apparently the movement is from 1912? And i guess the case is later then.
I got the year from running the movement serial through some random omega serial decoder... But it checks out with the lists i can find around the web.
 
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Movements and cases have a different set of serial numbers as noted by the different sections on this official chart. Unfortunately there are some typos on the movement side, where year numbers have been transposed.

 
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I suggest do not monkey with it yourself! Unless you have spent years polishing your technique on junker watches!
 
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Without seeing the dial/hands/crystal side, and seeing the condition of the rear side my opinion is that restoration would be difficult and expensive, even if you are able to find a suitable craftsperson able to restore the case. Then a service of the movement would be required by a watchmaker so the dollars are mounting up.

I think this is one of those items that would be best consigned to a drawer or box where you keep your mementos, That way you can check it out every now and again and see all of the marks made by your ancestors and know that you are looking at the same features that they did on a daily basis.
 
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Based on extrapolation from the two Omega tables, I’d say the watch was produced around 1915-16 and sold sometime shortly thereafter.

The case scratchings look to be from watchmakers who probably left us long ago.
gatorcpa
 
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Without seeing the dial/hands/crystal side, and seeing the condition of the rear side my opinion is that restoration would be difficult and expensive, even if you are able to find a suitable craftsperson able to restore the case. Then a service of the movement would be required by a watchmaker so the dollars are mounting up.

I think this is one of those items that would be best consigned to a drawer or box where you keep your mementos, That way you can check it out every now and again and see all of the marks made by your ancestors and know that you are looking at the same features that they did on a daily basis.

Thats my fault, must have missed the photo of the dial/crystal side. I will upload that asap.
I get what you're saying. I guess i expected that answer. It looks to be a mouthful ☺️
 
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The main question. Are you going to carry and use it?

If not. Put it in a little PW container and put it display

Case repair and dial repair could be costly depending on the total damage and some are not willing to pay the price just to have it sitting

It is a silver case, so that would have to be sent to someone who repairs cases. Dial would need someone proficient in enamel repair

Also movement cleaning

All in all. You could be into 3x it's actual value in repair work