Solid Gold Pocket watch needs some identity
Hello, I'm Gavin and I have been scouring the interwebs for such a long time trying to get an identity for an Omega Pocket watch. Before I continue, I love the site you have here. You have done a great job and it's so comprehensive. A fair many years ago ...
A bit of information
Looking at the serial number the watch dates from circa 1910 The 7 jewel.movement would have been exported uncased to the USA and cased locally. The case is American and NOT solid gold . It is what is known as "gold filled"" i.e. a thick plate of brass sa...
(omega) A bit of information
Wow, I would not have imagined it to be potentially that old, dissapointing that it isn't "Solid Gold" as the impression gives, however I did already assume that it more than likely wasn't. So is their American and European Omega watches and whats the dif...
It was very common practice...
... for watch companies to export only the movements to the USA. Such watches were adjusted and cased here using American-made materials. This was done for a number of reasons. The most important of which was to save on customs duties, which were quite hi...
