WW2 Omega RAF Pilot’s Watch 6B/159?

Hello everyone,

I am curious about this watch that I purchased recently. The person I purchased it from bought it from a family that was selling some of their deceased grandfather's items.

The serial number seems to indicate that it's from 1942-1943. I am curious if this is an 6B/159 that was issued for the Royal Air Force because it is almost identical, except the syringe hands, and it is also 16 jewel with the rectangular 310 movement, which is not common (from what I've seen) in the military watches around that time.

I love the history of these military watches, and part of what piques my interest is another watch I recently purchased, a Longines that is almost identical. What I find to be interesting is that it also has the syringe hands, similar dial, and is also 16 jewel, which seems to be uncommon for most of the military watches I've seen from that period (mostly 15j or 17j from what I've seen). I'm wondering if they are perhaps part of a contracted run of watches, as I have read about the possibility of some smaller contracts awarded to Longines, JLC, and Omega. Interestingly, I have also found a JLC which seems to fit these specs, other than the hands.

Curious if anybody knows anything about these watches. Regardless, I love them and just wish to know their story better. Attached are some pictures.

Thanks,
Josh

And for reference, here's also the JLC. Due to their similarity, it seems as though perhaps they were all filling certain specifications.

Thanks,
Josh

Post some pics of the casebacks please

Here are the casebacks from the Omega and the Longines

They are both lacking any kind of marking. The Omega is first, the Longines is the smoothed, rounded one. Have done a pretty deep dive through google and really struggling to find accurate info on these. Curious if they're related

Black dial paint and lumed numerals do not equal military watch. Kind regards. Achim

This answers your question. The Omega is a case ref. 2327. The 6B/159 was a case ref. 2292.

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Wasn't it a practice for the 6B/159 watches to be given new faces in the 1950s by the AM? Which would make sense as to the 2327 case

No. kind regards. achim

I think it looks like a 2327 and has a 2327 case because it's a 2327...