Ross 14kt cases

What were the years(beginning to end) for the importation into the US of Omega movements to be cased by Ross Case co?

Where was Ross located?

Were the only cases used by Ross for Omega solid gold?

This one encases a non-Seamaster cal 354 Automatic circa 1954.

This was going on long before the 1940's. In the late 1800's people went to a jeweler or catalog and ordered Swiss movements, then chose the case they wanted. Some were Swiss, some were American.

US based watch companies like Bulova and Gruen always specialized in mating Swiss movements to US cases. You are correct that this was done mostly to avoid customs. The watch cases were done more to American tastes as well. More 14K and plated/filled cases which were banned in some European countries.

Only thing that changed after WWII, is that the Swiss movement companies (like Omega, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Longines, etc.) started getting into the act.

Hope this helps
gatorcpa

Also understand that the timing for the using of various US case makers was not exclusive. That is, there were periods when both US cased Omegas and Swiss cased Omegas were both available to US customers simultaneously.

You might get a better response if you were to open your own thread on the watch, rather than piggy backing onto this one. And perhaps you might better explain what it is that you want to know, and maybe include pictures.