Omega MOD DEPOSE wristwatch

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Case no 9747631.

Any information regarding this wristwatch.
No picture yet on movement...

Best rgds
Peter B.
 
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Get back to us when you can give us more to work with.
 
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Hi,

at last I took some photos.......

Case no: 9747631
Inside of the case; 1 357
Movement no: 8952277

Any information is of great value..
Peter B.
 
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One thing that stands out is that there was engraving removed from the back of that watch at one time. I believe Mod Depose is French for registered design.
 
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I think we'll need 24 months to getting around to typing an answer 😁
 
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I think we'll need 24 months to getting around to typing an answer 😁

Honestly, I think I'd be disappointed otherwise.
 
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LOL, fun comments so far…

It’s an Omega wristwatch from the late 1930s. Needs a service and new crystal, possibly a new crown (looks original but very worn). Obviously a well worn watch, but also has some old watchmaker service marks — so taken care of to some extent, sometime.

I don’t know the reference (model). It appears small by modern standards; is it? Hard to comment on the dial condition without a better picture, but it looks reasonably good from what I can see. Case is okay except for the 11 o’clock lug, which looks aggressively polished compared to the others.

Definitely a collectable watch and imho worth rescuing, particularly if there is any sentimental value in play.
 
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Sorry for the late update with new photos....
The watch isn´t restored yet. I am interested it there is any information regarding the reference number and perhaps more information regarding early water protected Omega watches..
 
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Sorry for the late update with new photos....
No need to apologize 😀 I personally just found it funny.
 
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One thing that stands out is that there was engraving removed from the back of that watch at one time. I believe Mod Depose is French for registered design.

No engraving removed from this back, just the wear of a former (NATO?) band.
It is a CK 2064 'Naiad' first generation, with a nice unusual black radium dial. Not sure for of the hands, I would need better pictures of them (and prepared to wait four more years...). Caliber 23.4SC inside.
This reference is a collectible one as it is the first waterproof watch made by Omega (after the first diver, the marine).
Case serial dates it from around 1941.
 
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Issued? Look at the lug
 
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Issued? Look at the lug
Case number so the back stays with the mid case during production.