afternoon all Just nipped to the birmingham watch fair and grabbed this solid silver and very original beauty Thoughts welcome, movement and case all omega signed
I always liked these Tom, about 48mm long, 32mm wide? Some had lovely gulioche dials, I think your is plain? Seen some with red 12 as well.
Thanks bud It was sat there looking unloved, quick wipe over with the cape cod and a wind and she's looking lovely, probably won't keep hold of her for too long and wasn't cheap but I had a wedge of 20's burning a hole in my pocket so better invested in solid silver me thinks Dates to about 1915 running cal 10'''L15 p
many of these went to Russia at Tsar times...... pre revolution. remember a picture somewhere, Lenin wearing one of those. nice piece. a keeper ? kind regards. achim
Unsure yet Achim, not seen one in the flesh before, undecided if it's a keeper or not as it's not my usual fare, going to get it checked over and a nice appropriate strap for it (not easy with those fixed lugs) and take it from there
Nice catch! Here is a silver tonneau with caliber 10L (ref CL1426) in a 1917 French catalog which looks pretty the same :
Hi Tom, how are you? Forgot all about that gig at motorcycle museum, and could not make last months! What's it like there? is it a broad mix of watch/clock sellers? It sounds quite a busy show? Regards, Ian