Omega 265, purchase year approximately 1951/1952

Siipiveikko · Mar 11, 2017

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

Thank You for information advance.

I got a watch from my father - he said it's an Omega, bought from Stockholm approx 1951/1952. There was not any logo frontside, either any information backside.

I drove to an official Omega watch service workshop and I was suprised, when the clock was opened - it's the Omega 265! The serial number is 11782197, 15 jewels and Swiss made. I left my beauty to the service and just got it back yesterday. You'll probably understand how happy I am now, after propriete maintanance 😀.

I sent a message to Omega with history information inquiry thru their webpages over 1,5 month ago, but I have not got any response there.

Please could you tell me more of this model and history. I am wondering why there is not any information on the front neither backround?

RancheroMaster · Mar 12, 2017

That looks exactly like an Omega 'Suverän', which were sold to the Swedish Government who would then sell them to the public to raise capital during WWII and in the years immediately after. Google is your friend! A very general background info piece is here:

http://after-the-denim.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/saving-economy-omega-suveran.html

ConElPueblo · Mar 12, 2017

R RancheroMaster
That looks exactly like an Omega 'Suverän', which were sold to the Swedish Government who would then sell them to the public to raise capital during WWII and in the years immediately after. Google is your friend! A very general background info piece is here:

http://after-the-denim.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/saving-economy-omega-suveran.html

A Suverän should have a lower serial number and different movement... And a different case back.

Crown and hands look like they are generic replacements and the dial has been renovated at some point.

tdn-dk · Mar 12, 2017

It is not a Omega Suverän, the back of the watch would be different if ti was a Suverän and that model was from the 1940's and not with a cal. 265.
You know the age and caliber, but if you want to know the reference you have to get it opened and in the inside of the back the reference number is stamped. You can see most of the caliber 265 references here (they were all made with several dial variations, only one is shown here) http://naligazone.com/index.php/data-watch/omega/20-watch/omega/caliber2/51-omega-cal-265

The serial dates it to around 1947/48 so first sold in 1951/52 seems strange. http://www.thewatchguy.com/pages/OMEGASERIAL.html

François Pépin · Mar 12, 2017

You can trust ConelPueblo and tdn - they know what they are talking about!
Just a quick remark: a movement from 1947-1948 could pretty well have been cased in 1949-50 and been first sold in 1951-1952.

Siipiveikko · Mar 13, 2017

Thank you all my Omega friends of all advices!

So I drove back to workshop early in this morning, Mr Clocksmith opened the backcover and I found mystic numbers 2622-1 there.

This watch is definitely family keeper, my daughter loved it too. Fits nice also on young female wrist 😀

Have a nice spring time!

efauser · Mar 13, 2017

Did you google the numbers?

Siipiveikko · Mar 13, 2017

Yes, Omega seems to be "Military" model 2622-1, by the serial number manufacture year is between 1949-1950.

I asked some more information from my father, he was working on a Swedish merchant vessel m/s Rydpoholm during 1950-1951, and he remembered that he bought that watch from Göteburg (Gothenburg) in autumn 1950. He used that Omega watch until first battery operated watches came to the markets and luckily he saved the watch even there was not any value for him.

Now I'm lucky to get that, after me it goes to my daughter. My daddy (89 y.o) is happy too, when he saw the renovated Omega.

M/s Rydboholm: http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/rydboholm_1946.htm

S Dhar · Mar 13, 2017

ConElPueblo
A Suverän should have a lower serial number and different movement... And a different case back.

Crown and hands look like they are generic replacements and the dial has been renovated at some point.

Boss please help me by ur advice to my thread.

tdn-dk · Mar 14, 2017

Here is the ref. 2622 http://naligazone.com/index.php/data-watch/omega/13-watch/omega/143

I am not sure the hands are correct for this reference.

Have never heard of any military connection with the 2622.

Siipiveikko · Mar 14, 2017

Hello,

Well then, it must be somekind of misunderstanding (by me). I found the term when I googled 2622-1 somewhere - so it seems to be generic marketing for military style watches?

And I still do not understand why there is not any Omega logo at front? Could this be as an early 1950's fake watch made by original spareparts?

Bumper · Mar 14, 2017

Siipiveikko
And I still do not understand why there is not any Omega logo at front? Could this be as an early 1950's fake watch made by original spareparts?

Very likely its been cleaned off at some point. Notice a lot of the markers are also gone, perhaps the same time the hands were changed?

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Omega 265, purchase year approximately 1951/1952

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