Early 70s omega.

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Bulldog22

·Feb 24, 2023

Found this in my grandfathers box of things and am curious as to it’s origins. The dial says omega automatic and the box says Mod. Deposé however there is a strange stamp I’m unable to identify. There is no model number on the rear , only my grandfathers name and date. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

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Dan S

·Feb 24, 2023

It's a logo of some sort. What company did he work for?

 

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JimInOz

·Feb 24, 2023·Melbourne Australia

It's the logo of the Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP) Company Limited.

AIS on the caseback refers to Australian Iron & Steel, a BHP subsidiary company.

They often presented loyal employees with nice watches back in the day.

This is my Dad's Genève.

Edited: Feb 25, 2023

 

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Bulldog22

·Feb 25, 2023

Cheers. I wasn’t sure whether the stamp was a makers / model mark of some sort or a company logo. Nice looking watch you have there. Still a looker.

 

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rob#1

·Feb 25, 2023

Phew, thanks Jim. For a moment I thought we might have another of these on our hands 😲

 

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Bulldog22

·Feb 25, 2023

rob#1

Phew, thanks Jim. For a moment I thought we might have another of these on our hands 😲

And what would that be ??

 

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rob#1

·Feb 25, 2023

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And what would that be ??

Good question. Half of OF have been pulling their hair out trying to figure that logo out 😁

 

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JimInOz

·Feb 25, 2023·Melbourne Australia

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And what would that be ??

 

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Bulldog22

·Feb 25, 2023

JimInOz

That bad huh?

 

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Bulldog22

·Feb 25, 2023

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Airline logo ?

 

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JimInOz

·Feb 25, 2023·Melbourne Australia

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That bad huh?

When the best collection of watch gurus on this planet get stumped.......

 

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Davidt

·Feb 25, 2023

rob#1

Phew, thanks Jim. For a moment I thought we might have another of these on our hands 😲

Ha I was thinking the exact same.

 

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janice&fred

·Feb 25, 2023

rob#1

Good question. Half of OF have been pulling their hair out trying to figure that logo out 😁

Solved a while back. It's Herb's Adult World and Video. 👍

 

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gbesq

·Feb 25, 2023

rob#1

Phew, thanks Jim. For a moment I thought we might have another of these on our hands 😲

Not sure, but I think that I just had a mini stroke. 😁

 

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Bulldog22

·Feb 25, 2023

JimInOz

It's the logo of the Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP) Company Limited.

AIS on the caseback refers to Australian Iron & Steel, a BHP subsidiary company.

They often presented loyal employees with nice watches back in the day.

This is my Dad's Genève.

Any idea of a model or value ?

 

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PlainVanilla

·Feb 27, 2023

rob#1

Phew, thanks Jim. For a moment I thought we might have another of these on our hands 😲

Please don't.

 

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nkhandekar

·Mar 1, 2023

I had forgotten about that logo...it looks like the love child of Heinkel and Messerschmitt