Please help me identify this 70's watch

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mlmfinder

·Mar 14, 2026

Hi - thanks in advance for your help. Picked up this Omega watch from a Goodwill bin store (in a bag with a couple of other watches) and not sure what I have. I hope the pictures will help you identify it. It appears to be an anniversary/service watch with a company logo "OGE" and "25" on the dial and the employee's name "C. Ray Hoover 1970" engraved on the back. It has two broken lugs, crystal has some scratches, and the movement works/keeps time.

I have not taken this to a watch repair to open it up. If I need to do that for more information, let me know and I will.

Also curious to what the value "as is" would be. Will most likely end up selling it since there is no sentimental value to me

Thanks again!

 

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SOG53

·Mar 14, 2026

Movement, maybe crown and handset for parts, minus cost of watchmaker to take it apart.
Rest is worthless.

 

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mlmfinder

·Mar 14, 2026

SOG53

Movement, maybe crown and handset for parts, minus cost of watchmaker to take it apart.
Rest is worthless.

Thanks - what model is this watch?

 

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sheepdoll

·Mar 14, 2026

Have to open it to see what is inside. Probably a front loader. Lugs may have been snapped off in an attempt to get it apart.

Models are a more modern thing. Service award watches tend to use generic case dial combo, so there is a place for the logo.

Value is the entertainment, what can be gotten from what ever is left after it is dismembered. These can be highly addictive and entertaining.

 

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CalgaryJim

·Mar 15, 2026

sheepdoll

Value is the entertainment, what can be gotten from what ever is left after it is dismembered. These can be highly addictive and entertaining.

Lol!

 

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Davidt

·Mar 15, 2026

It’s a DeVille or pre DeVille.

Value around £100 as the dial, hands and bezel have value

 

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mlmfinder

·Mar 15, 2026

Thank you for the information

 

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SOG53

·Mar 15, 2026

OGE- maybe Gas and Electric?
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon?

 

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ErichKeane

·Mar 15, 2026

Looks like OP was just using us for a valuation before listing on ebay :/ Be interesting to see what it gets, as I'm already shocked it is as high as it is.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/287207230035

 

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mlmfinder

·Mar 16, 2026

In Oklahoma.

And yes your info was helpful -thank you, as was Chat GPT. Think I said I bought this at a thrift 'bin" store and planned to sell it because it had no sentimental value to me. Did I "use you"? Well, maybe but not in a dishonest way. Hopefully your info will be helpful to others searching your forum.

 

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DON

·Mar 16, 2026

Anything marked between the lugs. Sometimes marked as 14kt gold bezel and lugs