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·Hoping for some assistance to identify my Omega watch please.
In 1983 when my grandfather passed away, I inherited his watch and put it away. I was 17 and didn't trust myself to wear it.
The watch has been kept in a box in a safe for the last 41 years.
I believe my grandfather bought the watch privately in 1944 when he qualified as a Lancaster Bomber Pilot in the RAF.
The watch could have been bought in Bulawayo Rhodesia in 1944 or Cape Town when he was on his was back to England and a posting with RAF 61 Squadron.
He wore the watch every day and I have a few photos of him wearing the watch and him with me as a little boy.
The only thing that changed on the photos was the strap.
My mother remembers the watch with a brown leather and brown canvas strap at times. The strap when I inherited the watch was a black leather strap.
I have searched the Internet and can NOT find another watch exactly the same.
I have done a serial number check which says the watch was made in 1944.
Are there any Omega Guru's that could help shed more light on the watch?
It is a mechanical watch in a steel case. The face dial looks black but under other light looks green.
I recently cleaned the scratches off the glass which has come up remarkably well considering its age.
Fingers crossed someone knows more.
Thank you.
In 1983 when my grandfather passed away, I inherited his watch and put it away. I was 17 and didn't trust myself to wear it.
The watch has been kept in a box in a safe for the last 41 years.
I believe my grandfather bought the watch privately in 1944 when he qualified as a Lancaster Bomber Pilot in the RAF.
The watch could have been bought in Bulawayo Rhodesia in 1944 or Cape Town when he was on his was back to England and a posting with RAF 61 Squadron.
He wore the watch every day and I have a few photos of him wearing the watch and him with me as a little boy.
The only thing that changed on the photos was the strap.
My mother remembers the watch with a brown leather and brown canvas strap at times. The strap when I inherited the watch was a black leather strap.
I have searched the Internet and can NOT find another watch exactly the same.
I have done a serial number check which says the watch was made in 1944.
Are there any Omega Guru's that could help shed more light on the watch?
It is a mechanical watch in a steel case. The face dial looks black but under other light looks green.
I recently cleaned the scratches off the glass which has come up remarkably well considering its age.
Fingers crossed someone knows more.
Thank you.