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My Brother in law purchased this Omega privately. Apparently its a marriage watch - converted fob watch from the 1920s?
I've never seen one like it. He's renewing his house insurance and was wondering if it was worth anything?
Does anyone have any thoughts / knowledge I could share back with him?
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Off the top of my head it's a badly mauled Omega 37.5 *edit* It's a 40.6. movement shoehorned into a nasty Chinese case. The movement is real, or at least was real until someone decided to *ahem* modify it. It looks like quite a lot of effort to produce.
As decent Omega movements of this sort are common enough and cheap enough, then I'd say it's market value is in the tens, not the hundreds. With a bit of effort you will be able to find a decent old face and case, but it would cost more to sort than you can get one for.
Last edited by M4tt; 10th March 2023 at 18:44.
Its not old its Omega's newly released watches that is.
You have to put your name down for it and hope they dont call you.
I suspect that the movement once looked like this:
It dates to c. 1907ish. I have it in a wrist watch that defies definitive explanation; it originated as a pocket watch movement, albeit with the crown at 3 o'clock rather than 12.
My case has antiquity written all over it; my best guess, and that of a watchmaker with plenty of vintage Omega experience, is that it was a very early example of a custom build wrist watch.
Whatever its history, I love it!
Thanks for the replies so far.
It looks like the movement has had a lot of work on it. Is the dial possibly original? Reworked? Or just fake?
It looks like just a made up dial, and not in a good way.
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Apart from the reworked movement the rest of it is just made up. Probably in China.Originally Posted by RoyalVilla
Cheers,
Neil.
If that were mine, I would find a proper dial that fits.
Cheers..
Jase
Thanks for the replies all, much appreciated.
I'll pass on the feedback.
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