Please help identify this watch

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majic

·Jun 12, 2020

I believe it is from the 1940's and bought in South Africa.

Thanks for your help!

 

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Dan S

·Jun 12, 2020

All that I can say from those photos is that the dial has been repainted. It would be helpful if you could open the watch and post photos of the inside.

 

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majic

·Jun 12, 2020

Honestly I am a little scared to try and open it...ive inherited it. When you say dial repainted you mean the roman numerals have been repainted on?

 

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Foo2rama

·Jun 12, 2020·Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...

M majic

Honestly I am a little scared to try and open it...ive inherited it. When you say dial repainted you mean the roman numerals have been repainted on?

It means the dial did not leave the factory looking like that. It was common for dials to be redone in the past if they had damage.

the problem is what is actually inside the watch...

 

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Eric304

·Jun 12, 2020

logo kinda skinny

 

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padders

·Jun 12, 2020·Oooo subtitles!

I have a feeling the inside may also prove to be non factory, well at least not Omega’s factory but the only way to find out is to get opened. It certainly doesn’t look like any Swiss case I have seen but then it could have been locally cased.

 

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Edward53

·Jun 12, 2020

I seriously doubt that there is an Omega movement in that case.

 

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Mark020

·Jun 12, 2020·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

Me too.