That's really interesting insight.......

 

John,
Another consideration is that where the watches are now is not necessarily where they were sold. Mine is here in the USA, but was purchased in Miami and came from out of country. Unless we know where they were sold by Omega, we may only guess where they originally came from.

 

Very true, Bruce. Especially in the over sixty years since 1948. But we do know, for example, that a lot of Centenaries turn up in Portugal, and we also know that they were in fact delivered there because of the extra hallmarks on the case backs. I can certainly demonstrate that the UK did not get the pukka 18k Centenary at all, but a poor man's version -



So we here in the UK got the Omega "Anniversary", with a 9k case, not 18k, and the 28.10 movement (but not chronometer rated). Says something about import restrictions and general austerity in Britain at the time, I suppose. It probably also explains why so few OT 2500s come up for sale over here. Now then, has anyone actually got an Omega Anniversary?

 

A Rose Gold case/Rose Gold dial Centenary 2500 Cal.333
would be my second purchase of these if I could find a nice one

 

Wow! Learn something new every day. This is fascinating. Did Omega exclude advertising the Centenary 2500 in the UK?

 

Many of the examples with paper work have
have Portuguese as the language on the paper work

 

I have never thought of Portugal as heavy in wealth. Shows my limited knowledge. Maybe in the late 40’s, they were fascinated with gold, and fine timespieces were the jewelery of men.

‘Course, Portuguese on the paperwork may mean Brazil, and a freakin TON of fine gold Omega’s have come out of Brazil. From what I know, I believe my Centenary came from Brazil.

 

Here is the latest table update. I have added a couple of new 2500s and corrected some mistakes which crept in, despite my best efforts. There are no new revelations, but the idea of two batches of 2,000 each is still holding up.

 

Here´s my new arrival for the chart. It has a non engraved case back. Also it is signed Turler on the dial so I think I can safely assume that it was originally sold in Switzerland. Case number 10725185 and movement serial 10760605.

 

Really nice example. I'm going to have to wear mine again today Is that the first example in the table with a retailer signed dial? Interesting that they decided to mark a limited edition piece with their own signature. I wonder what % of watches Turler sold they decided to sign? Possibly all of them???

 

Very nice - congrats Bought one last week from a guy finding it at a flea market. It's far from being as nice as yours, though......

I have passed the numbers to John.

 

Yes - two 2500s in two weeks, which has been quite exciting. I have updated the Table accordingly and there are no surprises - both the new additions sit in the first section of my table and neither of them have the 2500 case ref engraving, as I would expect.


What I really need now are a load more Extracts from the Omega Archive giving the production dates. Then they might make more sense of the table.

Regards, John

 

Here the informations about my new Centenary :

-Case number : 10.725.152
-Serial number on movement : 10.759.122
-Ref on dial's back : 1280
-And no ref 2500 on case

 

Wow, that is sharp! Congratulations on an incredible condition Centenary @naidu ...and dibs!

 

What a beauty! That is about the sharpest bezel I have ever seen on a Centenary. It has now been added to the table, and sits in the first tranche of Centenaries which do not have the 2500 reference engraved in the caseback. Can I ask the country of origin?

 

love to see a picture of the dial back if you have it

 

This is an inspiring thread that I somehow overlooked before. The Centenary is the grail Omega watch for me.

Thanks to John R. Smith for your diligence in keeping up with the information for us all.

 

Hello - here is another to add:

Serial: 10761731

Caseback number: 10824907

French market version retailed by Hermes - see photos ...