Dr No[Moderator Omega - Wristscan]
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Coming up blank for casemaker 'B & A' . . .
Oct 20, 2020,19:52 PM
. . . but 'D & A' would stand for 'Di Vincenzo & Arienti'.
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A simple watch, but what do you expect for a dollar?
By: Emil Wojcik : October 20th, 2020-09:07
Being an avid collector in many fields for over three decades, I go to estate sales, auctions, flea markets all the time. Picked this up this weekend at an estate sale. Small, 14K gold-filled. The timegrapher shows it's running almost half a minute slow i...
Well, it appears to be a Norman Morris commission . . .
By: Dr No : October 20th, 2020-10:43
. . . at the tail end of their production partnership with Omega, judging by the reference number stamped in the caseback. Hard to make out the movement number, but it looks like cal 620. Can you confirm?
My hunch was off . . .
By: Dr No : October 20th, 2020-19:19
. . . by several years, Emil. Apparently Norman Morris was in league with Omega until the late '70s. Additionally, Ranfft assesses the period of production for your movement as 1960 to 1973. Based on the dial and hands, my initial estimate of early '70s p...
Now that I think about it, Omega . . .
By: Dr No : October 21st, 2020-07:39
. . . doesn't have records for Norman Morris production so they wouldn't be able to provide an extract. Apparently records weren't transferred when Omega bought the business out from Mr Morris. The upshot is there's no way to confirm if an American case a...