I picked this watch up a couple of years ago from a dealer, and I must admit that I didn't know much about Omegas older than the 1960's, but I absolutely loved the dial, the patina, the obvious history of the piece so I bought it fairly cheaply as a daily wearer (and I probably wear it 5 days out of 7). I was told it was a "Medicus" from the 1950's and I was happy with that until recently, when I realized that I knew less about this watch than any other in my collection...which felt odd since I wear it all the time. I've poured through the Omega Vintage records online, and can't find the exact model. The serial number on the movement puts it into the mid-1940s, and Omega is missing pictures on about half the models from that time. Anyone on the OF an expert on these really old Omega med dials? As always - thanks in advance for any help! LOVE the OF crowd... Any YES, I'm aware that it needs a cleaning!
Here it is: https://www.omegawatches.com/planet-omega/heritage/vintage-details/14495/ 1949 seems right for the date of the watch. gatorcpa
Is that the wrong link? The odd numbers on the dial of my watch are just dots...so unless it was modified I don't think that's it. Agree on the year though! Same movement too if I'm not mistaken.
just to add: it is not a so-called Medicus... it is just a center second specimen of a watch out of the 30 mm family "Medicus" should be restricted to certain watches with 23.4 SC movements
I fully agree. It should even be restricted to one specific model in my opinion. The name Medicus was used by Omega in the 30's 40's only for the first, square case model with a 23.4SC. It is only very recently, as far as I know, that Omega used the name Medicus for all 23.4SC wristwatches. There were other names that were given to one specific model (Saint Christophe, Chantilly, Monaco, Pupitre, Foibos, Dedalos, Euroos..., or earlier Armure, Agrafe, Golf for example). In the 40's the name Naiad was used for different waterproof models and then later, the Seamaster / Speedmaster / Constellation / DeVille / Geneve classification was used.