Another thread made mention of Ukranian marriage watches. I am not on the higher level of watch knowledge, so forgive any erroneous assumptions I may make.
I assume this term refers to vintage movements, dials, hands etc re-cased to make a watch that has the appearance of one significantly older than the date of the re-casing. Or indeed the case.
Some questions:
Anyone have any idea of the decade(s) that this practice started?
I ask as I have a charming piece that superficially looks to be a pocket watch movement re-cased in a nickel or silver-plated (on some sort of non-ferrous) fixed-bar case with a push-to-close caseback bearing what looks like an original Omega stamp.
The movement,with a dia of 37.5mm, could be a fake, or could be an early Omega genuine movement. No serial no. is visible; it could be behind the dial.
I love this. It has a patina that makes me want to believe that it is a previously-unknown giant size original turn-of-the 20th-century genuine Omega wristwatch.
I know that it isn't. But the case just has to be pre-WWII, and the movement if not genuine, is impressively well done.
I would love to hear from anyone with knowledge of similar pieces; also I would like to have it forensically serviced, that is serviced, photographed, repaired, and reported on. If anyone knows who could do this for a poor pensioner (that is to say funds are not unlimited) I would be grateful for recommendations.
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