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Interesting 1954 Vintage Omega

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Hi, long time watch collector but newbie to the site.
I recently bought an 18ct vintage Omega with a very interesting inscription on the case back - ‘Championnats Du Monde 1954’
My watch repairer took the back off and the movement / serial number dated it to around 1954 (unfortunately I forgot to take a photo when the back was off)
I was told the watch came from the estate of a Jeweller who had a shop in Zurich.
I haven’t found any Omega’s with the same inscription online but I was wondering if Omega had any commercial involvement with the 1954 World Cup finals which were held in Switzerland.
Does anyone have any knowledge around this?

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in my opinion the engraving is not done by Omega

perhaps someone had let done this asa kind of memory

football worldcup - i think - we should find "football" also engraved

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Beautiful watch. The 1954 world cup was referred to as "Championnat du monde" as seen in the logo, so the engraving could very well be in reference to that... or not. Very cool nonetheless.

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formule 1, motocyclistes, cyclisme, Handball ...
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in my opinion the engraving is not done by Omega

perhaps someone had let done this asa kind of memory

football worldcup - i think - we should find "football" also engraved

JM2C
 
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Thommas Thommas
Beautiful watch. The 1954 world cup was referred to as "Championnat du monde" as seen in the logo, so the engraving could very well be in reference to that... or not. Very cool nonetheless.

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Yes it is a very nice watch and is in excellent condition. I hadn’t seen that logo before, very interesting…
 
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formule 1, motocyclistes, cyclisme, Handball ...
You are correct - I guess I put 2 and 2 together and got 10 😀. I was just hop8ng tha5 as there was a direct time correlation between the Football World Cup in Switzerland and the watch, there may be a link.
 
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found a doxa (caseback - picture credit from internet)

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A very cool Doxa as well !! Was there just an image or any details about the watch ?
 
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Yes it is a very nice watch and is in excellent condition. I hadn’t seen that logo before, very interesting…
I‘d argue with the assessment „excellent condition“ to be honest as the dial isn’t original.
 
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