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Gordon
·Dear forum members,
Excuse me if this is the wrong place to do this. I've just joined up, and do not really know my way around the forum.
I was about to buy myself a vintage Longines, when my father reminded me that my grandfather's vintage Omega was available. I've posted this because I should like to know more about it. Here are some photos. UNFORTUNATELY the crystal is scratched and cracked. The bezel is also scratched. It is18k gold. The automatic movement says 24 jewels. The face says Omega automatic. There is some dirt under the crystal and I cannot see whether the dial is marked. The inside of the back has [Omega Watch co] inscribed inside a triangle and also (made in England). Beneath that are some figuresin square brackets [9] [375] [8 (or possible 4)] [0].Underneath that are the letters A.L.D., which I believe stands for Aaron Lufkin Dennison, an English watch case maker from Birmingham.
Under that are two numbers a seven figure and a six figure: 1615002 and 2417565.
There are three tiny Greek symbols which look like mmm on the rim and a hallmark which we can't read.
I'd be grateful for any information you could give me about it. Perhaps, as with Longines, there is somewhere I can email the firm to identify and authenticate the watch. I should like to pass it to a watchmaker in order to have the movement serviced. As for the dial, I know one is not supposed to have it refinished - or rather that this lowers the value, but is it possible to have it cleaned without devaluing it. Anyway, it will need a new crystal, and very possible a new strap, so it will never be pristine.
Anyway, thanks for any advice you may be able to give me. Meanwhile, I do have two fine Longines watches, one from 1962, that I can upload pictures of in the Longines thread.
Gordon
Excuse me if this is the wrong place to do this. I've just joined up, and do not really know my way around the forum.
I was about to buy myself a vintage Longines, when my father reminded me that my grandfather's vintage Omega was available. I've posted this because I should like to know more about it. Here are some photos. UNFORTUNATELY the crystal is scratched and cracked. The bezel is also scratched. It is18k gold. The automatic movement says 24 jewels. The face says Omega automatic. There is some dirt under the crystal and I cannot see whether the dial is marked. The inside of the back has [Omega Watch co] inscribed inside a triangle and also (made in England). Beneath that are some figuresin square brackets [9] [375] [8 (or possible 4)] [0].Underneath that are the letters A.L.D., which I believe stands for Aaron Lufkin Dennison, an English watch case maker from Birmingham.
Under that are two numbers a seven figure and a six figure: 1615002 and 2417565.
There are three tiny Greek symbols which look like mmm on the rim and a hallmark which we can't read.
I'd be grateful for any information you could give me about it. Perhaps, as with Longines, there is somewhere I can email the firm to identify and authenticate the watch. I should like to pass it to a watchmaker in order to have the movement serviced. As for the dial, I know one is not supposed to have it refinished - or rather that this lowers the value, but is it possible to have it cleaned without devaluing it. Anyway, it will need a new crystal, and very possible a new strap, so it will never be pristine.
Anyway, thanks for any advice you may be able to give me. Meanwhile, I do have two fine Longines watches, one from 1962, that I can upload pictures of in the Longines thread.
Gordon
