Hello! My name is Lovisa and I´m a student from Sweden. My love for antiques goes deep and is something I will probably never recover from I´ve always had an interest in pocket watches, so this Christmas I got one from my dad! My dad bought the watch in 1972 when he was about 22 years old from a friend, and he's had it in a drawer since. It´s fully functional and works like a charm. I´ve tried to do some research, but I´m having trouble knowing what´s true, so that´s why I´m writing here. Someone who owned it before my father or his friend has `engraved` "År 1908" (It´s Swedish for "The Year 1908") and a bit further down we think it says "Albert Fransson". According to Google, the watch has both german and swiss marks (the coq de bruyère and the Halbmond und Reichskrone I think) I´ve tried to find pictures online of watches that look like mine, but they never match. So what I want to know is: if its fake or real, Age, History if possible, where it's from and what the 0/O under the 7 digit nr means Thank you in advance for any information! Here are some pictures of the watch
Welcome to the forum and I have to say what a nice introduction I am sure one of our p.w. experts will be with you shortly.
Welcome! To get more replies, you may want to change the title of your thread to be more focused on your question.
Thank you! Yeah, thought about using another title but didnt want to sound rude. Must have something to do with my swedish shyness
As long as a new member isn’t here to sell or get a value on the watch and then disappear, they can comfortably ask a direct question in the thread title
Oh ok that's good to know! I don't really care if its worth anything, there's just something with this watch that makes me want to know more about it
Case serial number is from about 1907 based on this table from Omega: That is consistent with your engraving. I don’t know the meaning of the “0” under the serial number. Pictures of the movement may help with further identification. gatorcpa
