http://www.ebay.com/itm/1930S-OMEGA...848503429?pt=Wristwatches&hash=item4d081b8685Purchases made through these links may earn this site a commission from the eBay Partner Network Anyone have one of these? Might be my next target watch for 2013.
Yes, have one in the collection. I am linking to a nice article on this watches and among other things it is one of the earliest watches to come from the factory with a sapphire crystal. http://www.nawcc.org/images/stories/Public articles/395_34_45.pdf
Oh really? I figured it would be mineral crystal at most, is it really synthetic sapphire all the way back then?
Yep, synthetic sapphire was made in the early 1900's - first used in place of jewels in the movement, the crystals starting around 1930.
Globemaster more physically attractive but the marine in all its forms much more historically important.
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