Hi!

Other than me, that love the old Omega Genéve´s with cursive text from before they became a low entry level model ?

Lets se them

This is a new arrival:

Ref. 14702
Cal. 552
1959




This is one I have had some years:

Ref. 14724-SC 61
Cal. 610
1961

 

IMO a beautiful, classy dress watch design. This is mine, in a 9ct British Dennison case. I know the hands are long but Dennison don't seem to have been too concerned about that, everything is the same mint condition and I'm confident they are original to it and don't plan to change them. Good examples have become extremely scarce and it took me months to find this one.


ETA: It's a 267. My watchmaker took this photo of the movement when he serviced it.

 

A bit worn but the light still plays with it:

 

There's a nice one for sale on this forum. Great looking watches.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-big-geneve-calendar-watch.58022/#post-733398
https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-big-geneve-calendar-watch.58022/#post-733398

 

Thanks for the thread tdn-dk! I had not realized that there are two tiers of Genéve watches produced by Omega. Makes the Forum worthwhile to pick up a nugget of knowledge like this. Now I'll have to keep an eye out for early ones.

 

And finally there is a third tier of Geneve - the only chronometer version in the Geneve family - neglected by most of the collectors - actually most of them don´t know about the existence of this seldom seen gem with cal 602



It has a solid gold dial...

and here in a different view

 

Yes you are correct, not many of those. I recall something about the dial Omega got in trouble with it and when they came in for service the dial was replaced. Was it the combination of Chronometer and Genéve that was not allow?

 

I think you are mixing this up with a different story - there was an issue with an automatic version but I do not recall the ref. from the back of my brain - and I am too lazy to search my HD so early on a Sunday morning...

 

This watch is in fantastic condition! I do not think I have ever seen a 30 cal in this mint condition. Everything looks perfect, including the screws head. Nice find!

 

Thanks! My watchmaker said the same thing. I think it's probably a "best" watch that somebody has worn only on formal occasions.

 

I purchased a "jumbo"(36mm) Geneve with caliber 266 in February and it has remained one of my favorite watches to wear.
So much so that I've been looking out for another and managed to find a second one in crispier condition.

Love these subtle two-tone dials with deep cut faceted markers

 

My Genève, powered by a 562.

 

I am sure you meant caliber 268 as the watches you show have subseconds - 286 would have centre second

 

My mistake,
They are both cal 266
Thanks for keeping me in line as usual

 

Not the best shot - 2 X manuals 1x automatic.

 

Bought this today, have been looking for one for quite some time, having seen the wonderful examples on here. Like @Edward53 's above this is 9K Dennison cased version of the 2903, this one dated 1960-61 with 17.77m serial. Am very happy with it.

 

There's one more branch of the Geneve family, also seemingly made in very small numbers and distinguished solely by what's on the dial. I have this one from 1968 which I like a lot, partly because of its rarity even though it's not even on most collectors' hit list, partly because of its condition and partly because I just think it has a certain something. Wrist shot and watchmaker photos from service last year.

 

Interesting. That seems to be a much rarer and more upmarket version of this, the 166.041 available as both manual and auto with several dial variations. The quality of the Geneve line notably decreased after the factory shut in ~1967. The speckles are just dust on the crystal.

 

Cal 552 (the picture is not giving justice to the two tone dial...) :