Help finding/info 1952 Olympic Helsinki

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Romes55

·Oct 29, 2023

Hello, I wanted to see if anyone had any info on the 1952 Olympic 14k watch that was make for the Helsinki games. I have an advert for it, but can’t find anything past that.

attached is a link to an ad that is on eBay, I have one as well.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3643923290...rucfxkpreu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

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Foo2rama

·Oct 29, 2023·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

I’ve got no recollection of ever seeing one branded as such.

 

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Fulton8or

·Oct 29, 2023

For what it's worth, F@rfo has a Globemaster for sale with this leading off the description - In 1952, Omega was the official timekeeper for the Helsinki Olympic games, and they used the event to promote their newest automatic chronometer, the Constellation, or “Globemaster”. The ad shows a dial that I believe only shows Omega and Automatic with no Officially Certified Chronometre. So it's tough to tell if the Helsinki Omega and the Globemaster are one in the same, the year matches up well.

 

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mac_omega

·Oct 29, 2023

isn´t it just a 2627 or 2757 in 14K ?

The Ad clearly shows a date window at 6

 

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Dan S

·Oct 29, 2023

Is there a special engraving on the back or something? How is it marked as a limited edition?

 

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Fulton8or

·Oct 29, 2023

mac_omega

isn´t it just a 2627 or 2757 in 14K ?

The Ad clearly shows a date window at 6

Nice, I was focused on the verbiage and completely missed the date window.

 

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Romes55

·Oct 29, 2023

Dan S

Is there a special engraving on the back or something? How is it marked as a limited edition?

no idea at all. I’m helping a buddy find this watch as his dad was actually in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and wants to gift this to him. It looks like it might be a 2627 without Seamaster on the dial?

 

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gatorcpa

·Oct 29, 2023·ΩF InvestiGator

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It looks like it might be a 2627 without Seamaster on the dial?

I think you are correct. This is just Norman Morris (US Omega importer) marketing. Many early Seamaster watches did not have any name on the dial. This ad likely shows the reason why.
gatorcpa

PS - Here is the same watch. Only difference is that I think this ad is older than 1952.

 

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Foo2rama

·Oct 29, 2023·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

My research shows nothing for the 52 games.

 

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JimInOz

·Oct 29, 2023·Melbourne Australia

AJTT has three ads relating to the Helsinki Olympics, only one of them points to an "Olympic Edition" watch though.

The other two are just generic advertising.

 

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Foo2rama

·Oct 29, 2023·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

JimInOz

AJTT has three ads relating to the Helsinki Olympics, only one of them points to an "Olympic Edition" watch though.

The other two are just generic advertising.

this leads me to believe that it was a Norman Morris Promotion with a unique box for the US Market and not official Omega in anyway.

Edited: Oct 29, 2023

 

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JimInOz

·Oct 29, 2023·Melbourne Australia

Foo2rama

this leads me to believe that it was a Norman Morris Promotion with a unique box for the US Market and not official Omega in anyway.

I tend to agree, NM saw an opportunity to link Omega to the Olympics and came up with a package.

There is also an Olympic mention in their 1955 catalog.

As far as I'm aware, the Olympic Cross marked dials only started at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956.

 

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Foo2rama

·Oct 29, 2023·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

JimInOz

I tend to agree, NM saw an opportunity to link Omega to the Olympics and came up with a package.

There is also an Olympic mention in their 1955 catalog.

As far as I'm aware, the Olympic Cross marked dials only started at the Melbourne Olympics in 1956.

Interesting as the Olympic cross was decidedly not 52 and was in 56 lol. Yet it appears to be the same watch.

Omega did the Olympic cross dials in 56.

 

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JimInOz

·Oct 29, 2023·Melbourne Australia

I remember reading somewhere that Omega was awarded the Cross of Merit by the IOC in 1952, but Omega didn't use it on dials until 1956.

 

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X350 XJR

·Oct 30, 2023·Vintage Omega Aficionado

I vote Norman Morris marketing campaign with perhaps a special box as seen in one of the adverts above and no special markings on the watches themselves. The fact that they are 14K (not 18K) and the ads all indicate Federal tax included indicate for US market consumption.

 

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mac_omega

·Oct 30, 2023

Foo2rama

with a unique box for the US Market

This!
I concur