Omega did not use a matching number serial system for case and movements (like Longines), but chose a close range unpaired serials instead, while the gap between the two gradually increased during time. Since 1912, with little exception, most of the manufacture had serial numbers both on dial side plate and on the bridge side. Their quality was so impressing – compared to the technological advance of the early 20th century – that it is simply impossible to find a correspondent in modern times.īetween 1894 and early 1910’s, Omega has delivered most of it’s pocket watch movements with serial numbers engraved on the dial side, which makes it, for the uninitiated hands, hard to access and therefore, hard to date. In pocket watch terms, the 20th century would in fact be monopolized by 18″ and ultimately by the 17″ line calibers, but the most beautiful things that carried out the Omega symbol, were forged at the beginning of the century. What makes Omega pocket watches so special, intriguing and hard to determine is the “jungle of calibers” matched up by the beauty of the dials and the variety of the cases they were fitted in.Įither if you chose to hoard them by dial and case variation, or simply by caliber, even only between 18 ( La Belle Époqueof the Omega pocket watch creation), it could be a theme for a lifetime.īy the end of the Great War, the wristwatch was the latest timing accessory – although not widely available -, that would ultimately influence the watch history, but the pocket watch was not yet at it’s peak. It is true that the pocket watch had to keep up with the permanent miniaturizing process and reinvent in so many ways, but the demand was still high by 1960’s, which tells a lot about it’s place in the society.

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