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·Hello and thank you to the Omega Forum posters, answerers, admins and lurkers...for being who you are.
Watchies, watchmasters, watchophiles, horophiles, chronometrophiles, horologists all.
I inherited an Omega Seamaster about 4 or 5 years ago from my Grandfather who died 40 years ago when he was 72. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Australian Army and served in New Guinea in WWII.
My mother (his daughter who is now 84) gave it to me even though my Grandfather gave it to my Dad who is 88. Dad didn't mind, he is not bothered about much these days.
Today is the first time I have worn it and I like it.
Now, finally, after 5 years of ignoring it, I am intrigued by it.
I have spent most of the day trying to identify what year it was made with no luck.
I thought the very distinctive numbers (Art Deco style?) would make it easy but nay.
Upon close inspection I realised today that the watch band is a Speidel (not Omega) and that is one of the reasons I have never worn it before as I don't like it.
I am gathering it probably came with a leather band.
It is keeping good time since 5am and now it is 5pm so I am happy to keep wearing it but I will make a new band for it.
I was wondering if you the members of this great and good Omega watch appreciation society could help me pinpoint the year or decade?
I like the long and thin numbers 3, 6, 9 (upside down 6) and 12.
Also the arms are a bit thinner than the average Omega Seamaster arms I think, but I wouldn't really know.
Otherwise I am probably not going to open the case back to identify it unless it stops which I don't think it will.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
I have one more hypothetical question, If you owned this watch would you get the dial cleaned to smooth out the patina? It seems like it would need some careful cleaning but it might make the surface look more uniform, would it?
OK one more, is Omega a very successful company? It seems like it makes a million watches a year and none of them are inexpensive...but they have fans like you good people...so I am guessing they are BIG.
Cheers and thanks!
PS the photos are a bit wonky but everything looks pretty symmetrical when eyeballing it.
The 3 and 9 pips went south but they are not rolling around inside I don't think.
Another question, do all Omega watches have identical numerals for 6 and 9 (rotated 180), I am guessing yes from my searches today.
Last question,which sort of caseback do you reckon is it? a Press In or Monocoque or Unicoc or Unishell?
If you were me would you try to get off a press-in case (if it is) just to get the ID numbers? At risk of ruining the watch?
Note the photo is blurred but the symbol is not.
“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
G.K. Chesterton
Here is a better image of the crown.
May I please ask DaveK if yours is the same or similar?
Watchies, watchmasters, watchophiles, horophiles, chronometrophiles, horologists all.
I inherited an Omega Seamaster about 4 or 5 years ago from my Grandfather who died 40 years ago when he was 72. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Australian Army and served in New Guinea in WWII.
My mother (his daughter who is now 84) gave it to me even though my Grandfather gave it to my Dad who is 88. Dad didn't mind, he is not bothered about much these days.
Today is the first time I have worn it and I like it.
Now, finally, after 5 years of ignoring it, I am intrigued by it.
I have spent most of the day trying to identify what year it was made with no luck.
I thought the very distinctive numbers (Art Deco style?) would make it easy but nay.
Upon close inspection I realised today that the watch band is a Speidel (not Omega) and that is one of the reasons I have never worn it before as I don't like it.
I am gathering it probably came with a leather band.
It is keeping good time since 5am and now it is 5pm so I am happy to keep wearing it but I will make a new band for it.
I was wondering if you the members of this great and good Omega watch appreciation society could help me pinpoint the year or decade?
I like the long and thin numbers 3, 6, 9 (upside down 6) and 12.
Also the arms are a bit thinner than the average Omega Seamaster arms I think, but I wouldn't really know.
Otherwise I am probably not going to open the case back to identify it unless it stops which I don't think it will.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
I have one more hypothetical question, If you owned this watch would you get the dial cleaned to smooth out the patina? It seems like it would need some careful cleaning but it might make the surface look more uniform, would it?
OK one more, is Omega a very successful company? It seems like it makes a million watches a year and none of them are inexpensive...but they have fans like you good people...so I am guessing they are BIG.
Cheers and thanks!
PS the photos are a bit wonky but everything looks pretty symmetrical when eyeballing it.
The 3 and 9 pips went south but they are not rolling around inside I don't think.
Another question, do all Omega watches have identical numerals for 6 and 9 (rotated 180), I am guessing yes from my searches today.
Last question,which sort of caseback do you reckon is it? a Press In or Monocoque or Unicoc or Unishell?
If you were me would you try to get off a press-in case (if it is) just to get the ID numbers? At risk of ruining the watch?
Note the photo is blurred but the symbol is not.
“I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.”
G.K. Chesterton
Here is a better image of the crown.
May I please ask DaveK if yours is the same or similar?
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