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I am an Omega newbie looking for some advice on my recently acquired early-1957 Omega Automatic, serial #15690143. 20j. My amateur research is that it is a Calibre 501 movement in a housing made by Star Watch Case Company that Omega contracted to circumvent high import tariffs during a limited run of 1950s models.
I particularly like the black honeycomb face and the indicies.
Any confirmation is appreciated.


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Dan S
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Any confirmation is appreciated.
Welcome to the forum. What you posted is correct, although I'm not sure about "limited run." Nationally cased watches were common for a long period of time.

edit: You should also see the OXG import code on the balance cock, but for some reason I'm not seeing it.
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