Omega Enamel Sector Dial from the 1930s

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Hi All

Just got this old Omega with Enamel Sector dial.
According Serial the watch is from the 1930s.
Omega can't find any info in the Archive as it's in that famous range
where they have a hole in the Archive.
The caseback has a Hallmark from Poland and inside no Omega markings
(which was, according to Omega Museum, quite common back in the days.
They exported movement, dial etc and cases where produced in the export
country to avoid high duty taxes)
The watch has 34.5mm without crown (which is obviously a replacement crown)
Dial has a hair crack at 10-11 and at 6-5.
In my opinion dial is not reprinted except some of the markers in the subdial
which probably got repainted at some times (you can see in the macro that
some of the markers are thicker than the rest of the print).
What do you think about this watch?

 
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............What do you think about this watch?..................

I think it's lovely.
The dial cracks are unfortunate and are caused by ham fisted persons putting too much tension on the dial retaining screws.
The repainting of the sub-dial is not a big issue but the movement looks like it needs a service.

Nice watch!
 
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Don't think that parts of the subdial are" reprinted " . Not that easy with enamel dials. To me it looks like the small second hands tip dragged over a long time and somebody tried the mask that up by hand painting and cover it up. But that is just a gut feeling. Great watch !
 
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One of the reasons Omega archive can´t help is not a hole in the microfiche or elsewhere but different:
these early watches were catalogued and are searched/found in the large leather-bound archive-books by the serial# of the case!
So if you don´t have an original Omega case you cannot find the watch in the books.

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I think it's lovely.
The dial cracks are unfortunate and are caused by ham fisted persons putting too much tension on the dial retaining screws.
The repainting of the sub-dial is not a big issue but the movement looks like it needs a service.

Nice watch!

How does tension on the dial retaining screws convert to cracks?

Edit: Serious question
 
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How does tension on the dial retaining screws convert to cracks?

Edit: Serious question

A lot of (but not all) enamel dials with cracks have them in the area above the dial foot, a post welded to the back of the dial. If the screws that hold the foot to the plate are screwed too tightly, the foot is bent inward slightly, sometimes resulting in a crack.
 
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The hallmark on the back is odd because, from what I can gather online, it seems to indicate 0.800 silver. But the hallmark inside the case back says 14k gold. It is gold, right? I can't always trust my eyes when judging from photos.
 
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The hallmark on the back is odd because, from what I can gather online, it seems to indicate 0.800 silver. But the hallmark inside the case back says 14k gold. It is gold, right? I can't always trust my eyes when judging from photos.

Your Google fu needs refreshing 😉.

 
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The "3" and "w" throw me off. I confused the character in the middle for this woman:
I gather that the number and character are most important (and perhaps the shape of the outline).
Sorry for my confusion. I will train my fu, focus my Google chi 😉
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