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·So when I get passioned about something, I tend to do a deep dive.
In this case I was interested in mystery dial watches. This style might make for an interesting movement to put into an old apple watch case.
I found this marketing image on an old thread here. Thought it might make for an interesting reverse image search.
This lead to an interesting Italian journal site. I copied some of the translation.
I love the name Delerium. So fitting. reminds me of the name of my own website delectra. Which is short for Delectra Jouet & cie. This document also answers a lot if questions regarding the names of this style watch. Also who designed it.
Curiously when I looked at other reverse images I found these
I could not find higher resolution although it seems like out Friend Simon Freese who posted stuff on Instagram (which can not easily be found as there is no way to forward through the reels.) So it looks like he may also be looking at this rare stuff (instead of fixing watches.)
So this indicates that the movement is really from ETA, and is the source of most modern quartz watches. Also opens up the search parameters quite a bit.
This also clarifies the differences with the Dinasoure and the la Magique which seem to be two different models. Using these source references there are many more case variations.
191.0084, 191.0114, 391.9212 and so on. This also seems to follow the 3 digit numbering where 1 is gents and 3 gents integrated bracelet. 2 is a jewelry watch.
This also implies that at one time Omega shared production number runs online. Of course their need now is to sell the latest new watches, with only the reputation of the vintage stuff.
This is from another scrape of the old online data base or sales catalog
It is curious as to why the current data base does not have the photograph, which does appear in other reverse image lockups.
The movement calibers do seem to be 1355 1356 and 1357. The main difference seeming to be the height.
There is no indication that such a watch was never produced in anything other than gold. So would be wishful thinking to find a Stainless version of this case.
There is also suggestion that these were prone to being so thing they broke when flexed on the wrist.
I do not think that it would be easy to find scrap parts or movements without a lot of luck. Still it does not hurt to ask. Especially as it is easy to overlook the importance of such a watch. Someone finding such in an estate auction, likely to toss such a thing as they have an non replaceable battery (well as replaceable as an apple watch.) Would be a shame for such to wind up tossed in the bin due to ignorance. More likely the would wind up at the scrappers, although there is not a lot of metal in them.
In this case I was interested in mystery dial watches. This style might make for an interesting movement to put into an old apple watch case.
I found this marketing image on an old thread here. Thought it might make for an interesting reverse image search.
This lead to an interesting Italian journal site. I copied some of the translation.
I love the name Delerium. So fitting. reminds me of the name of my own website delectra. Which is short for Delectra Jouet & cie. This document also answers a lot if questions regarding the names of this style watch. Also who designed it.
Curiously when I looked at other reverse images I found these
I could not find higher resolution although it seems like out Friend Simon Freese who posted stuff on Instagram (which can not easily be found as there is no way to forward through the reels.) So it looks like he may also be looking at this rare stuff (instead of fixing watches.)
So this indicates that the movement is really from ETA, and is the source of most modern quartz watches. Also opens up the search parameters quite a bit.
This also clarifies the differences with the Dinasoure and the la Magique which seem to be two different models. Using these source references there are many more case variations.
191.0084, 191.0114, 391.9212 and so on. This also seems to follow the 3 digit numbering where 1 is gents and 3 gents integrated bracelet. 2 is a jewelry watch.
This is from another scrape of the old online data base or sales catalog
The movement calibers do seem to be 1355 1356 and 1357. The main difference seeming to be the height.
There is no indication that such a watch was never produced in anything other than gold. So would be wishful thinking to find a Stainless version of this case.
There is also suggestion that these were prone to being so thing they broke when flexed on the wrist.
I do not think that it would be easy to find scrap parts or movements without a lot of luck. Still it does not hurt to ask. Especially as it is easy to overlook the importance of such a watch. Someone finding such in an estate auction, likely to toss such a thing as they have an non replaceable battery (well as replaceable as an apple watch.) Would be a shame for such to wind up tossed in the bin due to ignorance. More likely the would wind up at the scrappers, although there is not a lot of metal in them.
