My special Omega

Hi everyone, I’m a newbie so please be gentle. My story is that my older brother died a few weeks ago and l have inherited Dads watch which was left to him when Dad died over 40 years ago. The background to the watch is that Dad bought it in the Middle East, when serving with the British Army during WW11. Dad was shipped off to war in 1939 and didn’t come home until 1946, missing the birth of my brother and only meeting him when he was 6, on his return home. I have been able to just about read the case serial number which is 10354512, and from that I believe that it was made in 1944. I’ve had some difficulty finding exactly the same watch, as the face includes the words “Fab Suisse”, which I haven’t been able to see elsewhere. Dad wore the watch every day throughout my childhood, I can’t remember him not wearing it but he would NEVER talk about the war or his time in Egypt, Libya, Turkey, Palestine etc. I’m not confident to try and take off the back, so any information that you wise guys could offer would be much appreciated, especially production, sale, rarity etc, thank you all. The watch is a precious reminder of Dad and one of only a few items I have from him and so I have no intention to get rid of it but if I could get some indication of value, that would be helpful.

Thanks for the reply X350 XJR, it seems that perhaps not only do we share the same Omega but also a love of Jaguar cars ! Do you have any more info like what model, history, value etc?

Hi Padders, I’m assuming that it was purchased and not issued, I don’t really have any info on that, except that the research I’ve done so far suggests that it doesn’t look like a military issue model.

Thanks for the info, already I know more about Dads watch than I have done in the last 72 years!
Is it easy to remove the back or would I be risking damage to it?

Thanks for your reply, some sound advice there, I live near Doncaster/Sheffield UK

Many thanks I’ll take a look