Help me identify this watch!

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Hi everyone

I was given this watch many years ago by my late grandmother, and I was hoping someone could help me identify it? The model, year or any information would be so appreciated!

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It is an Omega Sapphette, and would be karat gold. All Sapphettes were 14 or 18 karat gold. My guess is early to mid 1960s. The glass on the watch is not “glass”. It is synthetic sapphire, and the perimeter is faceted in the same manner that a gemstone would be faceted. The Sapphette was produced in two sizes. The subject watch is the smaller of the two. The movement might be a calibre 650, manual winder. To tell you more, we would require more pictures, and better. Pictures including stampings inside the buckle of the bracelet, pictures inside the case back (get help f you need it), a picture of the mechanism. The bracelet is made on a woven mesh (likely gold), and the mesh is quite worn, causing the links to “grin”. Probably not a good candidate for a lot of wear. If you need help getting better clear, well lit, better defined pictures, suggest you get help.
 
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Thank you so much for your reply! I will try and get better photos so I can post them. Any ideas of what this watch may be worth?
 
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Sadly, lady watches are too small and not as desirable among collectors.
The gold content will outweigh the value of the watch if the bracelet is also gold (not plated).
Throw it on a scale and subtract some for the weight of the movement and crystal.
Hope this helps and does not let you down.
 
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Thank you so much for your reply! I will try and get better photos so I can post them. Any ideas of what this watch may be worth?

Almost everything is worth more to the owner than it is to anyone else. An item may have intrinsic worth, and sentimental worth. The watch was your grandmother’s, so only you know the sentimental value, to you. As was stated, watches for women exist in a buyer’s market. Anyone who might be interested in it is going to look at the stretched bracelet, and offer you scrap gold value. That value would depend on it being all solid karat gold, and whether it is 14-karat or 18-karat. Check the completed archives on eBay to see what karat gold (no gemstones) ladie’s watches bring. Don’t be misled by the prices people ask for such items. You want to know what they sell for! You might be in for a shock! I’d suggest you keep it and use it, then when the bracelet finally breaks, hope you don’t lose it. It was a premium watch in its day.
 
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Thank you for the information, I’m definitely not looking to sell it, was just curious. I will keep the watch and hand it down through my family. It’s nice to have a part of my grandmothers memory with me. Thanks again for your responses