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An Omega RCAF Chronograph
This Omega Royal Canadian Air Force Monopusher Chronograph, ref 6W/16 has a 38 mm steel case and a two register cream dial with syringe hands. It is powered by calibre Lemania 2221.
Some of you know these chronographs much better than I do. So I will just say that they were ordered by the RCAF from different manufacturers (Birks, Breitling, Omega, Rodania) and that several of them have a "sterile" dial (without logo).
Best, Emmanuel
credit: Bulang & Sons
An Omega RCAF Chronograph
This Omega Royal Canadian Air Force Monopusher Chronograph , ref 6W/16 has a 38 mm steel case and a two register cream dial with syringe hands. It is powered by calibre Lemania 2221 . Some of you know these chronographs much better than I do. So I will ju...
I think it would be a Patek.
A rectangular one with caliber 9-90, like ref. 425. Or maybe 492 (but I would probably prefer the 5105) or 2461... Or maybe a round one, like 1536 (I need to see it in real life to know if I really like it) or 2508 (this one I should not have let go, it's...
Birks was a Canadian retailer, and if not mistaken, a department store . . .
. . . chain. I was aware of the Omega and Breitling RCAF mono pusher chronos but have never seen a Birks branded model. Thanks for bringing these old models back to our consciousness, Emmanuel. Gratefully, Art
My pleasure, Art.
Both a Birks and a Rodania examples are shown in the following thread by Nicolas: www.watchprosite.com And here's a photo of a Birks (sometimes called the “Tiffany & Co.” of Canada, apparently) sold by Wind Vintage ( https://www.windvintage.com/bi...
I'd forgotten about the Birks in Nico's thread from long ago. I have seen an Omega RCAF . . .
. . . in the distant past, but can't remember where or when. Might've been Bill Sohne's when we first met in New York back in '08.
A beaut!
Here is my Lemania series II RN chrono with the same movement, made only for nuclear submarines (hence no lume). ...