Your guess of 1907 is reasonable – but it could easily be 1903: judging the year by the movement number is not possible: movements were made in batches and used over a range of (sometimes many) years. The calibre looks like a 19’’’LOB (the L stands for Lépine – ‘open face’, the O is for Omega – the company provided other brands, the B is the grade/quality – see comments from Canuck who shows a CCCR). The movement is fairly standard – with decoration that was typical for US exports, because that’s what was expected there: movements for most markets were not ‘decorated’ like this. The watch you show has an Omega movement and dial but is not an Omega case: it will have been cased locally after delivery (to US?). There are different websites which will help, but here’s one that I use:īecause it’s a Swiss patent, enter ‘CH8760’ into the ‘publication field’. Not perfect, but I like it!Ĭlick to expand.Regarding patents (the Brevet you refer to), 8760 was a Swiss patent which applies to many Omega watches from the early days – and refers to the method of stem-setting (as opposed to pin-setting or other methods that were common before and at this time). The hands are wrong, the dial has damage, and I had to fabricate a balance staff for it as I was unable to locate one.
He called me one day to say he had unearthed a suitable case. I did nothing with it either, for about 5 years.
I told him I’d take it, but the price to him was $200.00! After some convincing, he accepted my offer. But quaint.Ībout 20 years later, my friend asked me if I wanted the watch. It is a shadow of the town that it was, today. Greenwood is in the Okanagan area of BC, about 35 kms east of Osoyoos, and only a hop skip and jump from the U S border. It was a major settlement until the price of copper plummeted, and the mines closed. Greenwood was the site of major copper mines, and was on the narrow gauge Pacific & Western railroad which hauled copper ore to Trail, B C for smelting. Logan,(circa 1905), in Greenwood, British Columbia. I was intrigued by the private label dial marked for the jeweller and watchmaker A. It had no hands, no case, and the balance staff was broken. This one was bought as a basket case by a friend, for $25.00, in Portland, Ore., at an NAWCC mart, about 35 years ago. However, as I posted this earlier on the WRUW thread, here it is being worn on a lanyard I made I’m not a watchmaker, and I can only imagine the pride of wearing a watch that you’ve serviced yourself. Interesting comparison, who posted his c1903 with the same brevet # and with serial # 2195XXX My watchmaker said this is a higher quality movement, but I don’t know what scale that is measured on. I haven’t been able to find anything about the patent online I understand that brevet means patent, so this is a patent #.
Would a watch reasonably come back from service with the regulator this far over? I’ll have to ask my watchmaker the next time I am in.Ī question that I have is, is there a caliber number for Omega watches of this era? The identifiers on the dial side of the movement (photo not available) include:īrevet 8760. This c1907 19 lignes pocket watch that I am enjoying immenselyĮxcuse the movement photo, terrible light outside today - it looks much better in person. So, interesting factoids and show and tell contributions would be nice to have here The serial # and other identifiers should then be on the dial side of the movement. Some of the perennial questions seem to include: My movement isn’t signed, is it real? And, why is the dial not signed Omega? My limited experience has shown that it isn’t uncommon for a 1900s Omega pocket watch to not have a signed movement, but look close and you may see the logo on the balance cock. I’ve seen a few of the same questions come up over time, so fun if we could share this boutique knowledge here. If I’ve missed finding it, please let me know and I’ll revise the thread title. Surprisingly, I couldn’t find a dedicated thread to Omega pocket watches here on the forum.
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