Hi all,

as I am a newbie in collecting watches, I would like your experienced opinion on the watch below. It Would be an Omega Dennison with a 9k gold case from the 1920s. The watch is not running. I would greatly appreciate any concerns or remarks you would have on its authenticity and any advice you could give me. An idea of the price range woul also help. Many thanks in advance!

 

The anchor is the city mark of Birmingham and the W dates the watch to 1921, as well the serial number on the movement.
Nice watch in good condition

 

The case was not made by Omega. It was made by an English case manufacturer who produced gold filled and karat gold watch cases for many watch companies who exported movements to England. Casing an imported watch movement into a domestic watch case made sense from the point of view of tariffs. As to the watch not running? Can’t help you there. You need to find an independent watchmaker with experience in antique mechanical watch repairs, and get a quote. As to value, the cost to service it could well be higher than the realistic value of the watch. Like watches in general, they are only worth what someone will pay. Your Omega is not rare, not high quality, and not a highly sought after collectible. Especially in not running condition.

 

Dial looks very clean I cant see any cracks or hairlines, nice hallmarked case and an interesting engraving. I defer to Canuck regarding the collectibilty etc but if you can get it at low price it might be fun to start and I would think there are many watchmakers who could have a look. What is the asking price?

I found this on Llanelly, a village and seaport in South Wales: https://www.blfhs.co.uk/index.php/parishes/parishes-l-part-2/llanelly-llanelli

This would increase my interest in a nice watch in good condition. I assume it was given to a newspaper man in 1923- think of the stories he would have reported on in those 25 years.

 

Nice watch. Altrough i do not like engravements on the back of the watches this one look very nice. Regarding the value of the watch please do not think that you will get rich selling it. I will estimate a price range of 500-700 Euro but i am not an expert.

 

Wrist watches of this era are highly undervalued, mainly due to the present fashion of giant watches, But according to some knowledgable persons the pendulum begins to swing in the opposite direction.

I tend to purchase "small" watches in gold cases since some time. For the value, if not working, I offer a few bucks over the gold scrap value. Dennison cases are typically well made (not "light-weight" like others) and I would offer 400 €, perhaps up to 500 €, depending on the nature of the fault of the movement and parts availability.

 

thanks for the extra information, helps a lot. The asking price is 550 euro. No idea how to evaluate this. What is your opinion, too high?

 

Thanks for your opinion, appreciated. The asking price is 550 euro.

 

Thanks Bubba, nice to hear from you the watch is in good condition. I fell in love a bit with the nice enamel dial, but want to keep me from making a stupid buy. Asking price is 550 euro

 

The asking price is 550 euro, so probably it is not worth buying it?

 

Thanks Bernhard, I share your opinion on the smaller watches and do think the trend of the bigger watch might change in favor of smaller ones. The asking price is 550 euro, so if I would consider a bid, 400 would be a good initial bid I guess.

 

Yes, and a mint enamel dial is imo worth a premium of 100.

I case that you decide not to bid, please send me a PM with a link to the offer.

Cheers, Bernhard

 

If anyone buys it please followup with some more photos. Good luck! I found mention of Llanelly Star and Llanelly Mercury newspapers, but no TG Daniel