Info on my estate find 1940's Omega Automatic

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I picked this up at an estate this past week, and I can't find anything about it. I do think it has a new crown, not Omega, but the crystal and the dial look original along with the luminous baton fine point hands.
The band was a simple Hadley stainless stretch that I removed, though in remarkably good shape.
Looks to be from the mid to late 1940's and the one big question I have is how to I remove the back to see what movement it has. It is a bumper automatic, and the watch does run and hold time.
I took it to a jeweler that has years of experience with watches and he said it maybe a top loader movement, then someone mentioned there is a bezel on the back case, all I know I am stumped. Any help would be apprecited.
 
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To me it looks like the back is just press fit. You can pop it off using a sharp blade in the right location. If you're not comfortable with that, take it to an actual watchmaker (not back to that jeweler), and it should be no problem for them.
 
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This one is different, the back is secured with a ring that snaps onto the case.
 
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This one is different, the back is secured with a ring that snaps onto the case.
That sounds like a very smart move, any idea of what movement would be in it or for that matter is it rare or worth more than a few hundred dollars?
 
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Here’s what you have:

https://www.omegawatches.com/en-us/watch-omega-other-omega-ck-2374

If you want pictures, look here:


Hope this helps,
gatorcpa
 
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Here’s what you have:

https://www.omegawatches.com/en-us/watch-omega-other-omega-ck-2374

If you want pictures, look here:


Hope this helps,
gatorcpa
OK, that is interesting, so the 30.10 RA movement on that watch has a smaller second hand not on the center wheel pivot, would the one I am asking about use a variation of that movement?