Hi I need a little help regarding authenticity of this watch because I honestly never seen an Omega watch with serial number 1mil and it' very different from what I know that an Omega can look..I found the watch on an local ad and wanted to know if it's authentic or a fake vintage? Thank you in advance..
I’m not an expert but it looks like some parts are from another movement. The “bridges” excuse me I don’t know the correct term are replaced.
It's a genuine Omega pocket watch movement dating to about 1900-1910. The movement has been re-cased to become a wristwatch, possibly done by a local watchmaker in the 1930s or thereabouts. This was often done to make an unfashionable pocket watch into the "latest thing". What is the diameter of the movement in millimetres?
I agree with JiminOz. I think the movement is genuine, probably calibre 13’’’S or 15’’’S – both of which are reported as having been introduced in 1896. My main comment concerns the number. It is not unusual to find numbers stamped badly (or even wrongly!) and I suspect that the number actually reads 1960816 – the second digit has a different form from the fourth ‘0’ digit and I think it is a ‘9’, not a ‘0’. That would date the movement to about 1901 – 1902 (still fitting Jim’s comments). And I also have doubts about the last digit which I think could be a ‘5’ (not that it changes much!). A number 1060815 would in theory be possible (they are still to be found) but would date the movement to 1894 – before the movement was produced. So I think the number reads 1960815.
Thank you very much for all the reply. I don't know the diameter of the movement..I can ask the seller about that. Anyway if it was a pocket watch transformed in a wristwatch I assume it doesn't worth much. Also for me was strange because the case didn't have any omega logo but that explain everything. Thank you for the good observation regarding the serial number 1960815 I want to buy a very old Omega watch...so in your opinion does this watch worth to have it in your collection? and at what price..
No. (Unless you are a collector of Omega movements and needed this specific movement to add to a collection). It really has no value except for some parts, and even those parts would be suspect due to age and wear.