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Nov 07, 2012,05:55 AM
 

Thanks Graham,

I was thinking of selling it as there's not really any emotional attachment to it. Now that I know a bit more about it (thanks to you lot), I'll probably hang on to it as a bit of a "watch fancier". 

Not having any watches of particular significance (if value is your guide), this sits somewhat aloof in a box with a couple of modern Tags, a few Seiko's of varying description, a Swatch or two, a couple of old something or others yet to be explored, two or three modern quartz watches and my favourite but unreliable, Seamaster Professional with the new style automatic movement.

Martin.


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Omega Dennison

 
 By: monsterman : November 6th, 2012-10:22
Trying to get to grips with the forum and threads at the moment and have posted on another excellent thread. I'm looking for help to identify a watch I have recently acquired from my father who died last year. Here are a couple of photos (apologies for th...  

A very lovely piece indeed...........

 
 By: aroma : November 6th, 2012-12:09
What an absolute corker - you are lucky. I'm sure there are many on this forum who will tell you more about the movement than I can - although I can see that it has a serial number of 7 million which dates the movement to anywhere between 1920 and 1935 ac... 

Brilliant!

 
 By: monsterman : November 7th, 2012-05:40
That's fantastic information. It's worth keeping then :-) I did notice there are a few very, very feint letters and numbers hand written with a scribe on the inside of the case. Would these be significant? I understand it's a bit of a taboo on here to tal... 

Additional info...

 
 By: mac_omega : November 6th, 2012-12:25
Hi, as Andrew told you already a lot about case and date I will only add information about the movement. It is a cal. 26,5 and will fit into the time range Andrew has provided. This movement was widely used in many different case References and was very r... 

Thank you!

 
 By: monsterman : November 7th, 2012-05:41
Many thanks for the additional info and confirmation Eric.

a very nice piece from about 80 years ago

 
 By: G99 : November 6th, 2012-13:14
I think Andrew and Erich have said it all about the details of the watch, i would just like to say how nice it looks. I hope you keep it in the family and you and your children enjoy it for many years to come. Regards Graham

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 By: monsterman : November 7th, 2012-05:55
Thanks Graham, I was thinking of selling it as there's not really any emotional attachment to it. Now that I know a bit more about it (thanks to you lot), I'll probably hang on to it as a bit of a "watch fancier". Not having any watches of particular sign... 

It would make a superb...

 
 By: G99 : November 7th, 2012-05:58
It would make a superb dress watch for those special occasions. It sounds like your seamaster needs a service just as much as the dennison cased model does. It has family history which is a perfect reason to keep it. You would be better to offload the tag... 

approx. age

 
 By: DeGeus : November 6th, 2012-16:52
Just for info: This 26.5 movement (with Geneva stripes, not gilded) has only a slightly higher serial number and has 1933 as year of manufacture. cheerio, Ben. ...  

The feint letters.....

 
 By: p_savage6 : November 9th, 2012-12:52
Are more than likely service marks - ie after every service, the watchmaker would put a code for his/her reference. Some put a date in, so its worth checking these marks under a loupe Cheers, paul

service dates and date of birth..

 
 By: DeGeus : November 9th, 2012-15:21
You are absolutely right Paul, thanks. Of primary interest of course is the "birth" of a particular watch. For this 26.5SOB specimen the exact date (1933) was first verified in the archive documentation at MuseƩ Omega. Then the watch was cosmetically prep...