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Raymondo5508
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Hi,
Just purchased this vintage Omega Foibos watch 1930's with arabic dial, fixed bars and a vintage GF ladder bracelet....Do they normally have fixed bars?
Cheers Russell.

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Raymondo5508
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bubba48 especially with the GF bracelet, a bit of a bonus. Did they come with fixed bars?
 
JimInOz
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Well, according to Omega advertising from the time, these watches were meant to be worn when skiing in the Italian Alps.

Due to the possibility of springbars failing if the watch was caught on a ski lift rail, or the edge of the bar at après-ski, and the risk of the watch falling off, fixed bars were used that wouldn't fail, maybe cause a dislocated wrist, but the watch was retained.
Fixed bars were used up until recent times on many military watches for these reasons.

Seriously, I think it was just a transition phase between the welded lugs on early wrist watches and the modern springbars.
 
Tire-comedon
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The springbars were the standard when this watch was manufactured, however I have seen both fixed and springbars on this model without being able to understand the logic of it...

And here in a 1937 Italian catalog :
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Same model without the Foibos name in a 1938 catalog. I suppose that the dial + hands were specific to the Foibos Italian model and that the same case was used with different dial and hands in other countries under reference CK785.
1770334870784.webp 1770334889695.webp


One of mine says hello (a ref CK785) :
1770334613455.webp
 
JimInOz
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Tire-comedon Tire-comedon
One of mine says hello (a ref CK785) :
1770334613455.webp
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I'll never forget seeing and holding that one.
 
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