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gbesq
·Here’s mine. A 1950 Omega 2612. A youthful 71 years old and running at +4 seconds per day. Omega, you guys sure know how to make a great watch. 😀
What’s The Oldest Watch In Your Collection?
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Syrte
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Shabbaz
·My grandfathers omega which he bought in 1937 in Paris and took with him when he fled nazi germany. But I can not seem to find a picture of the watch. Let me see if I can take a picture of it today...
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Ludi
·A Benrus Sky Chief from the 40's, some W.W.W issued watches from 45 too, that's pretty it.
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rob#1
·This is my oldest - not sure if it’s 30’s or 40’s. Still ticking along well when I fire it up, keeping good time considering it’s age
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allwoundup
·This 1906 Dueber Hampden, which started out its life as a pocket watch but was re-cased as a wristwatch probably in the early 1920s. Mail-order conversion kits for transforming pocket watches to wristwatches, such as the kit used to transform this piece, were popular in the 1920s. The movement is "The Four Hundred", which is a "lever-set" movement -- i.e., the time is set by first pulling out a small lever then rotating the crown, rather than pulling out the crown and rotating it as with modern movements. The lever can be seen at the 5:00 position.
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Canuck
·Rolex, 1916, Waltham 1857 model from circa 1875.
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gbesq
·Wow, some really spectacular examples so far. Keep ‘em coming folks!
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noelekal
··Home For Wayward WatchesOldest watch is this Waltham from 1897 in its .925 silver hunter case, obtained from TexOmega.
Oldest wristwatch on hand is this jumbo Omega from 1944.
Oldest wristwatch on hand is this jumbo Omega from 1944.
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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.1918 13.33
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Canuck
·Look for an alpha/numeric code on the outside of the case back. The alpha character gives the decade, and the numeric gives the year. M9 would be 1969.
My grandfather was a watchmaker and gave this watch to my grandmother as a gift. Not sure of the age, but it is a wonderful keepsake as they have both now passed.
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