Calling the copper dial experts

Yo32Leigh

I found this unusual 1940's timepiece on a foreign auction site. The dial and patina caught my eye as I'm attracted to the unusual rather than the run of the mill.

I'm not familiar with copper dials so I'm interested to see your thoughts on the patina and whether it appears legit? I think the dark leather strap really does it justice but that may be more personal preference.

It's advertised as follows:
Men's wristwatch, Omega, from 1941 (actually 1943), manual winding, stainless steel case,
Caliber 30T2,
Serial no. 9686841,
Patinated copper dial,
Arabic hours, black hands.

I'm tempted to lodge a cheeky bid but I'm struggling to find anything similar via normal sources in order to get a price indication. Thoughts please?

BlackTalon

Are there better photos somewhere? I would not come to any conclusions based on the two photos you posted.

JimInOz

I suspect the hands are heat blued steel.
The centre boss is white (silver colour) and there is possibly rust on the edge of the hands.
On the minute hand, upper side near the 10 mark.
Hour hand, upper side just a bit out from the centre.

Only my guess based on the pics though.
I wouldn't be averse to bidding on it and taking a chance.

BlackTalon

I am honestly surprised the seller has the ability to display the watch like that, yet has no ability to take decent photos. That is always concerning to me, although many others here are far braver and have often been rewarded.

The case looks pretty sharp. The dial and movement are a bit of a gamble. There appear to be areas of patina on the dial, but it's not possible to assess how good/ bad they may be from the provided photos. And if it from moisture, it's a guess if the movement been repaired.

BlackTalon

That makes it even more suspect. Auction houses -- who are tasked with achieving the highest sales prices -- do not know how to take photos? Makes my think they knew exactly how to take photos of this watch. 😗