On the watch- I have always thought that a lot of the Telemeters of this era were way to busy and difficult to read with all the dial graphics, gold or blued hands on yellow/brown patina’d dial- just way too much going on and lacking contrast. This watch is instantly readable and visual separation is excellent. If it weren’t worth more than my car, I would put it on my wish list.
Do you have such a crappy car? 😀 I think this kinda watch is still affordable...
Dear All,
A quick question that maybe you can shed some light on:
As you can see from the previous photos my CK2279 cal. 27Chro C12 has a movement s/n of 9390829. Omega have informed me that the 27Chro C12 was first manufactured in 1942. The s/n lists I've found online seem to indicate 1940 for that s/n. Are the lists wrong or are Omega (ahem) wrong? Omega won't release any s/n info to me on the earliest CK2279s.
Alan.
Omega made no effort to use the movements strictly in order. The got a bunch of movements and used them in different appropriate cases as they happened to need them, not even rotating their stock of a particular caliber of movement. So the serial number charts are a rough guide, often off by 2-3 years in either direction. And even more years might elapse between the assembly of the movement into a case and the sale of the complete watch to a wholesaler and then to a retail customer - especially during wartime when the economies and shipping were in upheaval.
That should be another poll-who has cars worth less than their watches...then there’s who has houses worth less than their watches...although I think that would be a very small sample group
