Hi please find the below watch - From my research it is cal 342 ST 135 0007 serial number.

I am not able to find the exact watch dial from my research.

Couple of questions

1. Is the watch the real deal and if so how do you rate the condition? are there issues like dial redone etc that you see
2. Is this good watch to be the first one being soo old like the 1940s

 

Nice.

 

The dial’s refinished. So not a good watch if you’re looking for a collectable one.

 

Redial with rotor replaced and wrong crown......
Good parts watch with intrinsic value but I would test the gold content.
I feel it's a genuine case, just a watch that has had some work.

 

Don't mean to be sexist but I couldn't get Siegfried and Roy to load.

 

Yes, the dial has been repainted and the movement appears to have a "rotor" replaced from a different movement. The dial is probably the bigger issue for the OP. If the OP wants a gold Omega at a good price, the 9k Dennison-cased watches can be a good value.

 

Thanks for your input - this helped me decide this aint the watch for me

 

I thikn that's a wise decision

 

Roy said the same about Siegfried.

 

Funnier than all get out.. but oh, so wrong!
I'm ashamed that I like this so much.

 

It could actually be a great parts watch in the right circumstances.

 

I don't know what was your background for the questions, but I believe the same watch was sold on ebay recently:



https://www.ebay.com/itm/1940s-Vint...=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network

 

Aside from the movement likely being a 28.10 and not a 342, it's an honest although subjective (aren't they all) description.

 

Yes it was on ebay but I did not bid it.

 

Looks like a slightly later version of the watch my father bought from Evans Jewelers in Leeds in 1947. Omega later bastardised it with a new dial and hands when it went in for a service! (I am still looking to buy the original dial with arabic numerals)

The bidding looks heavily shilled, though I got a good price for a cushion form trench Omega with a Dennison case last week without needing to shill anything!