Omega & Regina Trench Watches

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Hi All,

I believe we need more trench watches. There is a sprinkling of them about the forum, but they are not well represented here, and I bet some people have some real beauties.

I would love people to post theirs on this thread!

Why Omega & Regina, well, the Regina movements were made by Omega for Canadian consumption - with only a minor plate variation, unlike Patria which used generic movements. Regina were cased locally. Of course feel free to post Patria as well, who am I to limit?

Here are some of mine:



I just finished up servicing the 1914 Omega and three Regina watches over the last 2 weeks.

- All the straps are made by me, bar the one on the 1915NN Regina.
- The 1916 12'' Regina has a swiss case, with what appears to be an Omega serial number, it is the right range.

I have a query in to Omega on that one.

 

[Joe K.]

Very nice! what is the typical diameter of these?

 

[Ritzwatch]

Dibs on the Regina 12SB, that is beautiful! I love these trench watches and have one on high on my wish list! Oh, if money were no object.....

 

[pilotswatch]

My Omega and Regina trench watches. Sorry for the picture quality, I should post better pictures later.

 

[jumpingsecond]

Amazing collection, trim and I agree I can never see enough of them... here's mine- Omega cal 13 trench watch pics courtesy of @Vintage

 

[TexOmega]

Omega circa 1917

Edited: Aug 26, 2017

 

[Fattony]

Absolutely stunning, I own a few trench watches and have also moved a few on, they are remarkable watches and you have a great collection.

Here is one of mine

 

[jimmyd13]

Here's one for your thread ... I will add you a few more when I get chance (and it will be days, if not a week or more from now) to take some photographs.

 

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Joe K.

Very nice! what is the typical diameter of these?

Hi Joe,

of mine, from left to right without crown they measure:

32.5mm, 32.6mm, 32.6mm, 35.3mm, 35.0mm, 32.5mm, 35mm, 33mm

Of course they wear reasonably well on the wrist because of the Kitchener strap.

 

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Ritzwatch

Dibs on the Regina 12SB, that is beautiful! I love these trench watches and have one on high on my wish list! Oh, if money were no object.....

They aren't too expensive really, the main and potentially expensive problem is finding parts, but they were a very good quality movement and as far as watches of this period go, are both easy and pleasurable to work on.

 

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pilotswatch

My Omega and Regina trench watches. Sorry for the picture quality, I should post better pictures later.

Sweet collection! Thanks for posting these beauties!

 

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jumpingsecond

Amazing collection, trim and I agree I can never see enough of them... here's mine- Omega cal 13 trench watch pics courtesy of @Vintage

Lovely watch indeed. I should also post some movement photos!

 

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TexOmega

circa 1917

Oh yeah! Lovely black dial in a semi hermetic case. Nice.

 

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So, I finished off another yesterday. Its not in the collection photo above, but it is a 1917 (3/0) 27.96NN - which is a very rare calibre according to Omega.

The 3/0 size was made specifically for the USA market and local negative set production case. This one is in an Illinois silver case.

I redid the lume, straightened both staff pivots, replaced the lower hole jewel, replaced the missing crown wheel washer, new mainspring and service. I had to clean a fair amount of rust out of the pinion leaves on the 3rd and centre wheels. It still needs several screw heads refinished, and would like its ratchet wheel refinished/grained as well (I might do these later, I have not decided) - at the moment its preserved, running beautifully with excellent amplitude.

I haven't seen another of these with a double sunk dial - feel free to prove me wrong.





This one is 32.5mm (across 10 and 4) if anyone is wondering.

 

[JohnLy]

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Hi All,

I believe we need more trench watches. There is a sprinkling of them about the forum, but they are not well represented here, and I bet some people have some real beauties.

I would love people to post theirs on this thread!

Why Omega & Regina, well, the Regina movements were made by Omega for Canadian consumption - with only a minor plate variation, unlike Patria which used generic movements. Regina were cased locally. Of course feel free to post Patria as well, who am I to limit?

Here are some of mine:



I just finished up servicing the 1914 Omega and three Regina watches over the last 2 weeks.

- All the straps are made by me, bar the one on the 1915NN Regina.
- The 1916 12'' Regina has a swiss case, with what appears to be an Omega serial number, it is the right range.

I have a query in to Omega on that one.

Great collection. I have one on my wish list also and prefer the cushion shape in sterling silver. Finding one with an unblemished original enamel dial has been difficult for me. Did you have the same problem? I am also on the hunt for a cushion shape sterling silver case, enamel dial, 33.3 chronograph. Found a couple but they had chips or cracks. But the hunt is part of the pleasure so no complaints.

 

[mac_omega]

JohnLy

Great collection. I have one on my wish list also and prefer the cushion shape in sterling silver. Finding one with an unblemished original enamel dial has been difficult for me. Did you have the same problem? I am also on the hunt for a cushion shape sterling silver case, enamel dial, 33.3 chronograph. Found a couple but they had chips or cracks. But the hunt is part of the pleasure so no complaints.

A cushon shape 33.3 chronograph? really? Can you show me fotos please?

I only know of cushon shaped 28.9 chronographs...

 

[JohnLy]

mac_omega

A cushon shape 33.3 chronograph? really? Can you show me fotos please?

I only know of cushon shaped 28.9 chronographs...

Sorry, when searching I never got beyond the Dial. The first thing I would look at was the dial and once I saw its condition I would go no further. I didn't know they never made the 33.3 in a cushion case, thanks for the information....

 

[Tire-comedon]

Here are some of my watches from this period (sorry for the poor quality of the pictures I don't have my usual camera with me for the moment) :
A 1913 cushion cased 12 lignes with incorrect crown :


A 1914 13 Lignes in a round case with a hinged bezel (similar to a demi hunter case) with incorrect crown :


A 1915 13 Lignes with radium dial :


same 13 Ligne caliber from 1915 but non luminous dial (need to find correct hands fo this one!) :


A 1916 13 Lignes with 'securitas' lugs :

A 1916 13 Lignes with 'swing ring' (semi hermetic) and black luminous dial :


A silver cased 1918 13 Lignes :


And some more fantasy unusual cases :

A 10 Lignes from 1916 with silver niello hexagonal case


and a nice women's 11 Lignes from 1919 with silver niello case

 

[TexOmega]

 

[TexOmega]

Nothing generic about my Patria Trench Watch



Mealey Duo crystal guard was attached when I bought it.



Wide Geneva stripes
Patria case

Pre COA pix

Edited: Aug 28, 2017