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*Solved* Help find Ref/Model on this *1928 Omega Tonneau

UncleBuck
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I find the guts to be somewhat unexpected but exciting! The hallmarks on the right appear to be the Swiss Bear for fine silver but I can't find the one on the left that looks like a crown.
I'd love to see them under a loupe.
 
gatorcpa
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iPhone loupe to the rescue:

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There’s your crown.
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JimInOz
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UncleBuck UncleBuck
I find the guts to be somewhat unexpected but exciting! The hallmarks on the right appear to be the Swiss Bear for fine silver but I can't find the one on the left that looks like a crown.
I'd love to see them under a loupe.

Crescent moon/crown was for items exported to Germany from Switzerland.

All other marks look fine to me.
 
thewristelier
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@UncleBuck I managed a cleaner shot of the hallmark, it's a crescent moon with crown and "G" beneath as suggested above.

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I did some digging, could the G refer to "Gallone" - "a silver case finished in gold leaf"? Perhaps it refers to the movement as it clearly has been gold plated at one point.

Also the seller had labeled the watch as a "damenuhr" so could that have anything to do with the different movement/dial variation on this model? It's a 30x40mm case which at the time could very well have been a men's watch though.. 😕🍿
 
mac_omega
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This is definitely a men´s watch
And don´t worry about the case - it is all right with it. Hallmarks are legitimate
 
thewristelier
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mac_omega mac_omega
This is definitely a men´s watch
And don´t worry about the case - it is all right with it. Hallmarks are legitimate

I'll send a request to Omega as you suggested
 
thewristelier
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@mac_omega @UncleBuck looks like we have some interesting news back from our friends at Omega 📖
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and we'll be celebrating a birthday soon ::psy::
Thanks all for your help and Erich for suggesting the EoA, this is exciting.. now to find an example of an original dial!
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