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  1. fedepresente Jan 20, 2022

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    Dear collegues,

    I am new in this forum and i want to thanks alle to accept me on this incredible forum. Now let me show you the decision to write in this website: i found my granpa's pocket watch. It is an Omega but i don't know anything about It. Could you help me to discover all the characteristics of this watch? Year? Cohevity of the spare parts? Type of movement? Value of this watch.

    Thank you to all who can help me
    Know some photos:
     
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  2. bubba48 Jan 20, 2022

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    Coevità dei ricambi? ::confused2::
     
  3. fedepresente Jan 21, 2022

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    Volevo scrivere coevità delle parti. Ho scritto male in inglese, scusa.
     
  4. fedepresente Jan 21, 2022

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    Nobody could help me, please?
     
  5. mac_omega Jan 21, 2022

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    An early watch, I guess around 1900, case is nickel, not silver - so the financial value is very low - the sentimental value as a heritage and memento of your grandpa is what counts here.
     
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  6. fedepresente Jan 21, 2022

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    Thank you very much.
     
  7. DirtyDozen12 Thanks, mystery donor! Jan 21, 2022

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    The little "M" on the movement stands for metal, and indicates that the watch was originally sold in France. At the time, movements of watches that went to France were often marked to denote the case material: "O" stands for or, "A" stands for argent, and "M" for metal.
     
  8. Canuck Jan 21, 2022

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    Value? It has been said that almost anything is worth more to the owner than it is to anyone else. I just finished servicing the brother to your Omega. It was in a heavily worn coin silver case with a hinged back. The hinge was damaged beyond repair. The mechanism needed a lot of work, and new parts, as well as a NOS beveled glass watch crystal. The owner paid $600.00 for the repair! In my estimation, the cost of the repair was more than double what the value of the garden variety, 15-jewel Omega movement in its silver case is worth. But the owner was glad to pay it. I didn’t think the watch was worth repairing, but the owner felt it was.
     
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