When I first saw this watch, I thought it was a redial... Then I checked out the movement and have come to the conclusion that it was a presentation watch that was stored away in a drawer all its life.
dantaspaulo-I do hope you mean a 3 piece suit, and not a 3 piece G-string like some who visit your country's beaches...beached white belugas from North America!! Ugh!
Don't we know some folks who could craft a wristwatch case for this thing? Beautiful! Between being impractical to wear, and showing no wear, best kept in a pocket watch some in the curio cabinet.
WEAR IT! I had a similar watch except mine was a hinged snap back, which meant every piece of pocket lint ended up in the case clogging the movement, had it been in a screw back case I'd have kept it. I'm still kicking myself for letting a 19 caliber railroad grade Omega pocket watch from 1905 go...... but there was this Hamilton-Ball..... *sigh*
many modern pants have an internal change pocket that is big enough to take a size 16 PW (I'm guessing it's about that size). along with a chain it would be very cool as a change.
its likely a 12 size, most of the dressy or presentation watches were. railroads proclaimed you had to have a 16 size, so the guys on the road never got smaller watches.
It's quite wide at about 48mm in diameter. Seeing as it probably hasn't been serviced in more than half a century, I'll have to call on Archer to deliver before I wear it.
I remember seeing leather pocket watch holders for the wrist back in the 80's. I wonder if they're still around? Guaranteed to make you the über-watch geek!
The serial number (17106825) seems to indicate it was born around 1960. I didn't know Omega still marketed pocket watches then! Certainly many fewer than before the second world war.
Reminiscing again... Some of the watch catalogues I have from the 80's feature pocket watches. I know one was IWC, can't remember the others.
