Help with determining year of WWI trench watch

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taybank

·Jan 31, 2025

Hi everyone,

I could use some help determining the age of an Omega Signal Corps Trench watch. Thanks so much!

 

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Dan S

·Jan 31, 2025

Google omega serial number chart. Hard to read the movement serial, but looks like late teens.

 

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ErichKeane

·Jan 31, 2025

This site:
https://serial-number-decoder.com/omega/omega.htm

says:
This watch was made in 1916

 

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redpcar

·Jan 31, 2025

https://www.bobswatches.com/omega/o...Akb2ELust8mmEo5Klf7OVKILMi0VFwW5zFXFLPhrlUMSL

 

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taybank

·Jan 31, 2025

Thanks so much, everyone! Was worried I had gotten a post-war watch. You just eased my mind!

 

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taybank

·Jan 31, 2025

Dan S

Google omega serial number chart. Hard to read the movement serial, but looks like late teens.

It’s 5271356. 1916 seems a little early since this is a US Signal Corps watch. One site says 1916, but a more specific chart that was on another thread on this forum looks like late 1917, which sounds about right. Sure wish Omega had a searchable database.

 

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JimInOz

·Jan 31, 2025·Melbourne Australia

6 million case number puts it at 1918 to 1925, so probably somewhere near the middle.
The movement may have been produced earlier and then assembled to the case at a later date.

 

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pilotswatch

·Feb 1, 2025

Congrats on this Signal Corps Omega. Case serial numbers are used to determine the age of these early “trench” watches.