I am looking for some more information on a watch that my grandmother passed down. It is a 14k gold women's Omega with the numbers EE 8859 62966 engraved inside the back cover. Any help would be appreciated..
Very little information is available on ladies' Omega watches. Based on the numbers you provided, my guess is that the watch was cased in the US with a Swiss Omega movement. Very common practice at the time. If you can get the serial number of the movement, I can probably give you an idea of the date of production. Again I'll venture a guess that based on the style alone, the watch is from the late 1950's or early 1960's. Hope this helps, gatorcpa
Gatorcpa, thank you for taking the time to look at this. I posted two more photos. The inside of the back cover seems to have a hand tooled number on it..
Movement serial number 23xxxxxx is from 1966. I'll see if I can find the watch in Omega's book, A Journey Through Time.
If you look at the Omega database for cal.650 you'll find several models under the designation "US Collection" which I think is the case although the model with case reference EE 8859 is not listed but I think with that you get close enough. Hope it helps!
My Aunt's watch is exactly like your grandmother's; the first I've found on the internet. I'm just back from the appraisers and they wrote: "One stamped 14Kt yellow gold lady's combination cast & die struck "Omega" wrist watch with a bright and textured finish. This 17 jewel manual wind watch has a round gold tone dial with an octagon shaped frame with gold markers and gold hands. The movement number is "23664725" and the caseback number is "EE8859 27521" [that number is how I found your post]. The watch has a textured gold bracelet with a foldover adjustable clasp and a link style safety chain. Trademark is OMEGA identified with markings of "14K GOLD." Total Weight of Wrist Watch 13.44dwt." Having searched for quite a while, I too assumed the watch is circa 1960. I hope this helps. I'm posting this for future searchers. I'll post photos.