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·I posted my father's Seamaster DeVille about a year ago. Now, when going through my mothers' jewelry, I ran into her watch. Can you identify it? It keeps time when wound. How well, I don't know.
My Mom's old watch
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·The case is 14-karat solid gold, but I have a strong suspicion that the bracelet is only plated. Identify? The only identification will likely be the model number, and possibly a serial number inside the case back. Omega had a series of watches called Sapphette, but the individual models didn’t have names. Your mother’s watch is not one of the Sapphette series because it lacks a faceted sapphire crystal. Nice! I hope there is someone you can present it to who will enjoy it. By the way, it is mechanical, and will need winding. It was made decades before quartz watches.
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·The case is 14-karat solid gold, but I have a strong suspicion that the bracelet is only plated. Identify? The only identification will likely be the model number, and possibly a serial number inside the case back. Omega had a series of watches called Sapphette, but the individual models didn’t have names. Your mother’s watch is not one of the Sapphette series because it lacks a faceted sapphire crystal. Nice! I hope there is someone you can present it to who will enjoy it. By the way, it is mechanical, and will need winding. It was made decades before quartz watches.
Yes, it's definitely a wind-up watch. My Dad's is automatic, which I gather has had a bit of a comeback. My guess is that this is from the early 1960's, but it's really an educated guess.
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·My Dad's is automatic, which I gather has had a bit of a comeback.
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·Comeback? Automatics never went away.
But also if you aren't a watch person you probably just assume most things have been quartz since the 80s.
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