Greetings,

So i found this for sale locally and its claimed to be military, what do You think?

 

I think you should disable the predictive text option on your keyboard

 

It's a fail.

 

The broad arrow would indicate that it is, but if it's a re-dial, they could have added anything.

 

movement picture? Also did Omega ever do a caseback like that?

 

No this is not an issued watch. The dial was refinished for WWW specs but the watch itself is not.

 

The case definitely looks genuine Omega. Interesting, it's the first time I see this outside engraving on a three notches caseback. It's more common on six notches casebacks.

 

It's a 30 mm "military" Omega made in India....

Keep moving, it's nothing there to see (which is original and in good shape)

 

I love curry but not Indian watches...Mostly put together and creatively re-dialed...

 

Maybe Omega but absolutely not military-- and as such, a fake.

 

I'm interested to know how you can be so adamant about that? There are many Commonwealth countries whose militaries would have sought supply of watches over the years. Suppliers may have reached into their existing inventory or made watches to meet acquisition specifications, and some of these might have been one-offs and not formally documented by the manufacturer.

 

Because if you understood the markings then you would know what you said was wrong.

 

They are knowlegeable and well-informed, having invested the time & effort to be so.

There is no doubt in this case that the watch OP posted is not correct, in oh so many ways.

 

There is a MoD specification for the watches they procured. The dial layout for the watch in the picture is for a WWW (ref 2444). An excellent reference for this is Z. Wesolowski's book "The Concise Guide to Military Timepieces 1880-1990". In it you can find examples of what the watch should look like. The watch in OP's picture is wrong. One easy example you can look for yourself online is how the watch should be marked on the case back. You will find that the watch in the picture is not marked correctly. There are several additional issues.

 

Because like some others here I have spent hours, months and now years examining and studying military watches and their markings-- and if you're not prepared to hear an answer from people who have, don't ask the question-- just go and spend the years doing your homework yourself.

 

What bit exactly was wrong? I made no specific claims, but just asked a question with some amplification using words like "may" and "might".

 

Thank you, that is a thoughtful and helpful response. Again, just interested, but surely UK MoD specifications would not necessarily cover watches being procured for other Commonwealth Armed Forces, such as Australian, Canadian, Indian, South African, etc

 

I was not challenging your knowledge, but merely asking a question. I'm willing to hear any and every answer, but equally, you should be willing to clarify a claim.

 

Understood, unfortunately those things are very detailed and take time which is not always available. Known military watch models from Commonwealth forces are in fact recorded, the Australian ones often look similar to the British ones, this is something that is made to look like a British WWII Omega but it's not one.
Wieslowski was in fact a good suggestion for a beginning.