Omega pocket watch 1211740. Looking for info!

JimInOz

You have a very nice pocket watch and if regularly serviced every five years or so it should last a lifetime, or longer.
Omega produced 101,214 caliber 960, it was introduced in 1971 is based on the bullet proof Unitas 6497 movement.

The serial number would date it to about 1984.

Here is some info from the Omega Vintage Database.

Due to it being complete with original chain and box and in great condition it will command a premium but I don't know where you're located, so trying to value it is difficult.

Canuck

This watch is likely from 1985-86. The movement (mechanism) is based on a Unitas caliber 6498. It has 17-jewels, is shock resistant, and is in an alloy case. Swatch/Omega owns Unitas, and the same movement in plainer finish is used in Tissot pocket watches as well. As to value? The watch is a current model I suspect, and the only meaningful value that should be put on it would be its current MSRP which I don’t know. It would also have sentimental value which only your family can determine. Collectibility? Anyone who might want one could possibly obtain one through an Omega dealer.

Canuck

I referred to the case on the WATCH being alloy, not the presentation case it came in. As to the estimate of age. You didn’t mention that your relative acquired the watch in 1981, so using the serial number information, I went to the Omega serial number reference that I have. It may have been incorrect. Further information might be available if you order an abstract from Omega, but it won’t likely give much more information than what you already have, I tried to convey to you that, even though the watch came from your grandfather, the watch is not antique.

Canuck

Any item might have INTRINSIC value, which might be considered to be an average value in the market place for an item being offered for sale. Then there is SENTIMENTAL value, a value ascribed to the item by the owner of the item. The market doesn’t care one little bit about how much you value the piece! Being the watch is not an antique, and similar items might still be available from Omega, it’s value as far as the market place is concerned is the purchase price for a new one. Check with an Omega dealer for the current value for a similar model. To you, it might be impossible to put a value on it because of the family connection. But the market doesn’t care at all about that value.

Minisui

But I get your point tho. 😀

JimInOz

After doing some looking around at prices I think a fair "Insurance Valuation" would be around SEK 8,000.

Prices on the internet for very similar watches range from AUD$480 to AUD$2,000.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/REDUCED...394703?hash=item3b4f976e4f:g:9J4AAOSwADZfZiZi

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/OMEGA-P...-SILVER-GENEVE-ANALOG-HAND-WIND-/143245636628



But just because sellers are asking for crazy prices, does not mean that they will get it.

One was recently offered on the forum for €180.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-geneve-pocket-watch-180eur.67810/

cvalue13

I’ll admit that pocket watches are not my expertise, but in a quick search there were a few 121.1740 model number watches matching yours for sale on a few common sales sites.

Based on that only very brief glance around, it would suggest to me that your watch would be in the U.S.$500-$1500 dollar range, if it were left in unused condition, and you were to find the just-right buyer.

That said, finding the just right buyer may be difficult if in fact a comparable piece can still be had from Omega.

So, I would not recommend that you use these suggested $ amounts to base a sale upon, but instead only that it hopefully helps you to roughly scope “when and where” you might use it with comfort.

EDIT: @JimInOz and I posted simultaneously, and I’m comforted to know that my fat less expert conclusion was not so different from his.