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Carlton-Browne
·I promised to do a little thread on this one as it prompted a couple of comments on a recent Friday thread. I've had it a few years, bought it as a non-runner and got it fixed up by Rob Horan. It was the first time I broke a personal rule of only buying Ebay basket cases with perfect dials and it's both the case and the dial which mark this one out. I can live with the missing n and, if a loose dial of the exact same pattern came up on Ebay, I'm reasonably confident that I have enough searches to uncover it.
Calibre 255
Serial dates it to 1938 (I think)
32mm with 18mm lugs.
I was taken aback a little while ago when one with the same case went for a silly amount of money on Ebay (I'm still more inclined to think it was shilling).
https://omegaforums.net/posts/1474770/
Now, can anybody answer Larry S's question - is it a Jeanneret case? I think we can only be certain with gold watches as they have the poinçon de maître thing going on. The only significant thing on the case I can see is that the last 3 numbers of the serial are stamped but I've no reason to believe that's specific to any casemaker.
Calibre 255
Serial dates it to 1938 (I think)
32mm with 18mm lugs.
I was taken aback a little while ago when one with the same case went for a silly amount of money on Ebay (I'm still more inclined to think it was shilling).
https://omegaforums.net/posts/1474770/
Now, can anybody answer Larry S's question - is it a Jeanneret case? I think we can only be certain with gold watches as they have the poinçon de maître thing going on. The only significant thing on the case I can see is that the last 3 numbers of the serial are stamped but I've no reason to believe that's specific to any casemaker.
