This is one for the vintage-heads to ogle! We have a little charity shop in our village that supports local causes, and I took a few unwanted quartz pieces to them a few weeks back. Talking to one of the ladies who run it, she told me she had a very old Omega (1930s, she said) that had belonged to her grandfather and then her father, and yesterday she brought it in for me to see...



She was born in 1947 and remembers her grandfather wearing it when she was very small, and it passed to her father who wore it regularly until his death 4 years ago aged 92. Now her husband has it, and wears it very occasionally as a dress watch, but it only goes for about 12 hours and loses quite badly. I suggested she should consult a watchmaker to have it fixed and valued (for insurance purposes, as the next 2 generations are lined up to inherit it and it's going nowhere!)

It's in lovely condition, about 30-32mm I'd guess (compare with my watch):



The dial is wonderful for the age of the watch. Nearest match I found was a round-case with pretty identical dial & hands, 1932, going for £600 on Poshtime



And guess what...I didn't even try to make an offer for it!

I bet NOT making an offer nearly killed you Nice watch, and lovely story, something for the family to treasure.

Nice watch

I've got a similar, although unbranded silver case version with a 15 jewel mov't.....currently at my watchguy for some tlc

Gotta love the oldies. Shame on you for not asking if it was for sale.

xtriple wrote:I bet NOT making an offer nearly killed you

Kip wrote:Gotta love the oldies. Shame on you for not asking if it was for sale.

It was an underlying motive, I will admit!

However, she knew that I'm into old watches from our previous conversations, and her words before producing it were:
"This is NOT for sale, so please don't ask!"

You have to respect that, boys - but I'll confess it was difficult!

My grand father died a few years ago, and I just asked my grandmom if he had any watches. She said yup.. so next time I see her I'm gonna grab them. Ill post some pics here if there's an interest.

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leoo wrote:My grand father died a few years ago, and I just asked my grandmom if he had any watches. She said yup.. so next time I see her I'm gonna grab them. Ill post some pics here if there's an interest.

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Do it! When my grandmother died over 30 years ago there was a tray or box of old watches in her house. I had no interest then, but now I really wish they had been kept.

Yea, i'm glad i have an interest now before one of the aunts or uncle gets their hands on them

Yep, I'd be asking to have those!! Looking forward to the pics

leoo wrote:Yea, i'm glad i have an interest now before one of the aunts or uncle gets their hands on them

Grab them quick before they disappear. You may have some real treasures there.