After a couple of years of neglect in the watch box, old faithful has returned for some wrist time. Canadian stepped dial variant, 1030 movement from the 50's. Took a couple of minutes to get used to the size again after wearing a 2254.50, but it does sit so much better under my shirt cuffs for work.
Thanks for posting this, never thought I'd see a dial with Golden Egg written on it !!! This forum is great for opening your eyes too many things
Haven’t seen one of these with “Golden Egg” on the dial in a very long time. Should be Ref. 6634. Here an ad for it, which I believe is priced in Canadian dollars: Another with “Golden Egg” on dial: And my example without the name on the dial, but is the chronometer version: These are great value for money in this overheated market. I’ve been told that the movement alone is worth more than the watch. Not that I’d ever do that. gatorcpa
Iirc, the movements that didn't receive the chronometer nod were sent to the colonies to be sold to the unwashed masses...There is a nice example of the same stepped dial in Dowling and Hess's "unauthorized history" but the chronometer version.
Nice watch, the burgundy strap fits the gold very well. I had never seen this reference before. Does "golden egg" refers to anything in particular ?
Ok so basically the equivalent of a gold filled Omega ? That name sounded totally random to me but it's pretty fun !
Not exactly gold filled. Gold capped is slightly different. This is closer to the gold capped Constellations of the 50's and 60's.
Ok thanks. Gold filled is a kind of very thick plating while capped is this kind of shell wrapped around steel ?
Explanation of the difference between gold plating and gold-capped. http://users.tpg.com.au/mondodec//GoldCap.pdf Similar to sandwich used on US 10 and 25 cent coins. gatorcpa