Omega Automatic cal 344 for ID

deryk527 · Feb 27, 2016

Hello everyone,

I've been an Omega guy for over 10 years now and have been browsing these forums without signing up until today. I found this Vintage bumper a 6 or 7 years ago and have never had any real information about it. Can anyone provide info?

Is there any value? It runs well and is reliable. Should I bother having it restored?

Thanks

Gold cap w/ steel back
Calibre #344
Serial #14032657

efauser · Feb 27, 2016

Do you have any photos of the movement or inside of the caseback? The cal. 344 doesn't seem to match the reference it's in, unless that's a 2663.

deryk527 · Feb 27, 2016

efauser
Do you have any photos of the movement or inside of the caseback? The cal. 344 doesn't seem to match the reference it's in, unless that's a 2663.

You're right! I totally should have included these in the original post.

efauser · Feb 27, 2016

The Star case explains the reference discrepancy.

gatorcpa · Feb 27, 2016

Now I can say what I thought when I first saw the watch. I don't think that is the original case.

Even the US national production cases for Omega have some sort of a model number inside. The US models usually had a letter (or two) followed by a four-digit number.

Dial looks correct for this era (early 1950's).

Hope this helps,
gatorcpa

Omega Automatic cal 344 for ID

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