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·I have a vintage omega that I believe is from the late 1940s/early 1950s, and wanted some help identifying it.
I got this watch from my uncle, who got it from my grandpa.
I'm not sure when or how my grandpa got it, but there is a name engraved in the back. I looked it up and couldn't really find anything, aside from someone with a similar name who had a profession that could have overlapped with his own (although this man is about 20 years younger and lives in the UK, and my grandpa passed in the mid-2000s). I presume he got it legitimately (as he was an MD, family man, and a leader in our church & community). However, I'm not sure whether he purchased it second hand, got it as a gift (unlikely considering it's engraved), won it in a bet (also unlikely considering he didn't believe in gambling), or got it some other way. Regardless, I'm fairly confident he wasn't the original owner due to the engraving. He lived in NY his entire life. Aside from that, I'm not exactly sure where this watch was originally purchased.
The dial contains three lines of text (all in gold):
(1) "OMEGA" under the gold omega logo;
(2) "AUTOMATIC" directly under that; and
(3) "SWISS" under the 6 marker
The case has only one marking on its side (below the 6 marker) that says: "14K GOLD FILLED". This text is also written inside a symbol that looks like a square root symbol with a "W" on the end.
I'm not sure whether this will help in identifying it, but I also found one that sold on the vintagemasters that looks extremely similar (with only minor differences). That watch was entitled "Vintage Omega Automatic with black dial 14k gold filled G6213 from 1953." I will include a link to it at the end of this post. There are only 4 minor differences between this watch and mine: (1) the hour markers do not go past the min/sec markers in mine, unlike with this one where they do; (2) the 12 hour marker for mine only has 1 line, unlike this one which has 2; (3) there is no gold ring connecting all the min/sec markers in mine, unlike this one which does; and (4) the min/sec markers are not all uniform size like this one has. Instead, all of them are uniform except when they coincide with hour markers (where they are then slightly larger)
I wanted help identifying this watch for a few reasons. I definitely want to keep it, and I'm definitely going to get it serviced soon. It works completely fine and I can feel the bumpers while wearing it, but it's probably been years if not decades since its been serviced—so I figured better safe than sorry.
However, I was considering also getting it restored (and potentially polished; particularly to remove the name engraving, which is scratched in). I didn't want to get any services done that would permanently alter this watch before identifying it, especially if it's a rarer model. I figured this is the best place to help identify it and to get advice regarding servicing/restoration.
Thanks!
Link to similar watch:
https://www.vintagemasters.eu/produ...1-pwzEcGIKrbUBL3NHV6hNJEpqo3UwBjsVWdMiFkbuGcw
I got this watch from my uncle, who got it from my grandpa.
I'm not sure when or how my grandpa got it, but there is a name engraved in the back. I looked it up and couldn't really find anything, aside from someone with a similar name who had a profession that could have overlapped with his own (although this man is about 20 years younger and lives in the UK, and my grandpa passed in the mid-2000s). I presume he got it legitimately (as he was an MD, family man, and a leader in our church & community). However, I'm not sure whether he purchased it second hand, got it as a gift (unlikely considering it's engraved), won it in a bet (also unlikely considering he didn't believe in gambling), or got it some other way. Regardless, I'm fairly confident he wasn't the original owner due to the engraving. He lived in NY his entire life. Aside from that, I'm not exactly sure where this watch was originally purchased.
The dial contains three lines of text (all in gold):
(1) "OMEGA" under the gold omega logo;
(2) "AUTOMATIC" directly under that; and
(3) "SWISS" under the 6 marker
The case has only one marking on its side (below the 6 marker) that says: "14K GOLD FILLED". This text is also written inside a symbol that looks like a square root symbol with a "W" on the end.
I'm not sure whether this will help in identifying it, but I also found one that sold on the vintagemasters that looks extremely similar (with only minor differences). That watch was entitled "Vintage Omega Automatic with black dial 14k gold filled G6213 from 1953." I will include a link to it at the end of this post. There are only 4 minor differences between this watch and mine: (1) the hour markers do not go past the min/sec markers in mine, unlike with this one where they do; (2) the 12 hour marker for mine only has 1 line, unlike this one which has 2; (3) there is no gold ring connecting all the min/sec markers in mine, unlike this one which does; and (4) the min/sec markers are not all uniform size like this one has. Instead, all of them are uniform except when they coincide with hour markers (where they are then slightly larger)
I wanted help identifying this watch for a few reasons. I definitely want to keep it, and I'm definitely going to get it serviced soon. It works completely fine and I can feel the bumpers while wearing it, but it's probably been years if not decades since its been serviced—so I figured better safe than sorry.
However, I was considering also getting it restored (and potentially polished; particularly to remove the name engraving, which is scratched in). I didn't want to get any services done that would permanently alter this watch before identifying it, especially if it's a rarer model. I figured this is the best place to help identify it and to get advice regarding servicing/restoration.
Thanks!
Link to similar watch:
https://www.vintagemasters.eu/produ...1-pwzEcGIKrbUBL3NHV6hNJEpqo3UwBjsVWdMiFkbuGcw
