Omega Trench Watches WW1

todeen · #1 06-14-2022, 09:43 PM

Here's a possibility about why it could be considered fake, following BNorth's assessment. My uncle owned a Rolex given to him from his uncle. My great uncle was a surveyor with the Corps of Engineers, and made landing strips all over the world. The watch had been introduced to extreme humidity and sweat, and the guts of the watch gummed up, and even the watch face shows signs of heavy use. It could be a similar story with your watch, and if a previous owner still wanted it to work, it's possible he had a watch repairman replace pieces and that those pieces were generic rather than specific to Omega. I think it was about 15 years ago that Rolex started to restrict the ability for outside firms to work on their watches. So using whatever was available many decades ago is not that far out of the ordinary.

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Casey2296 · #2 06-14-2022, 09:53 PM

The Omega winged wheel logo is a tell, they started using that about 1911ish, if you look closely it�s an offset railway wheel which would fit with an English railway watch. Only problem is most railway watches were pocket watches in that era.

jingram058 · #3 06-15-2022, 03:38 AM

There is an Omega symbol/logo under the F/S (fast/slow) indicator. But the watch case does not have a back?

mrreality68 · #4 06-15-2022, 06:17 AM

Great Catch James

IT does have an Omega Logo under there(see below new pictures added)

As for that forum no other posts or updates except that person that said it was fake with no explanation
As for the backing it is clear/glass or something straight across that protects the insides but allows you to see the movements. I do not see anywhere that a "back cover would have been or would have been attached to. or if (it is real) if overtime a piece came off or if as it was repaired/maintained if it was altered etc

bnorth · #5 06-15-2022, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by mrreality68

Great Catch James

IT does have an Omega Logo under there(see below new pictures added)

As for that forum no other posts or updates except that person that said it was fake with no explanation
As for the backing it is clear/glass or something straight across that protects the insides but allows you to see the movements. I do not see anywhere that a "back cover would have been or would have been attached to. or if (it is real) if overtime a piece came off or if as it was repaired/maintained if it was altered etc

I did see that but it didn't/doesn't look like the Omega symbol to me. In that same place(regulator) the F & S should be a FA & SR. There is just so much weird stuff compared to others I could find on the internet. The second dial is across from the crown like a pocket watch. The crown looks like a pocket watch crown. I don't know, best of luck figuring out what it actually is.

ullmandds · #6 06-15-2022, 08:23 AM

The dial appears original to me...as does the movement and the case. The strap is likely not original. Not sure what to make of the exhibition back????

Nice watch!

mrreality68 · #7 06-15-2022, 09:20 AM

Just went to the watch place. They said it is an authentic Frankenstein watch.

Meaning it is real and from that time from. The front and dials and much of the movement is original. When it was fixed/maintained over time they replace parts with newer parts.

They say it was not a pocket watch converted to a trench watch but made in the 1910�s for the purpose of a �trench watch�

They did not know if it was from the trains, from the military etc. but it is definitely from the time period and based on serial # they think the age range is from 1915 to approx 1918

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