Omega 2808 opinions

As some of you may know 1930s and 1940s Omegas are my area of interest.

Today I stumbled upon something rather unusual, a 40mm [reference 2808].

I have not seen many 40mm Omegas in this era, certainly none in real life - also, I've never seen a dial quite like this one.

The quality seems to be very good - but this outer scale is so extraordinary, and certainly not something I would ever imagine seeing on a watch like this.

I'm almost tempted to assume it is a ring that has been placed over the top of the dial in order to fill the gap around a dial that was too small?

The movement is quite beautifully finished, which also seems odd for this movement. I thought it'd be interesting to see everyone's thoughts and hopefully try to learn from them!

I am inclined to believe it is a frankenwatch but i'd be happy to be proven wrong.

Here's the photo of the listing:


Here's the link: https://www.ebay.it/itm/15624354163...33&toolid=10049&customid=email_web_api_browse

Ollie 😀

I've seen this too and my first thought was how sweet it would be to find one of these in the wild available, as an outsider would definitely assume it's a sub $1000 watch (I'm an outsider too)

I feel like someone has given this to a very good watchmaker to make into a nice watch - which included retrospectively adding geneva stripes to a 30T2 movement... has anyone seen that before? I certainly haven't.