Please help with identifying this Omega watch

charlyb · Mon. 5:09pm

I need help identify this family piece. I've looked up the serial number and I think its was made around 1915 but I'm not 100% sure and I cant seem to find any others out there that look similar.

UncleBuck · Mon. 5:23pm

We see the caseback, serial number places it around 1915, you are correct. Hallmarks indicate a silver case, I believe, I'll follow through in a bit.
May we please see the movement ?
Story?

Welcome, Charly! Beautiful piece.

Dan S · Mon. 5:27pm

Two in the same day: https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-of-great-grandfather-1900-1920.187771/#post-2539262

charlyb · Mon. 5:33pm

I will get a picture up of the movements asap but I dont currently have the watch with me so may take a few days. It belonged to a great aunt who we think must have inherited it from a family member (theres a lot of family silver pieces from her that are hallmarked from the 1890s up to the 1920s). The great aunt received it as a nursing school graduation present in the 1950s and the inner case, covering the moment, was engraved then with her initials. As I mentioned we know for sure it was a graduation present in the 1950s but we're also pretty sure it had already been in the family since the watches construction.
It looks to me like the same style as the old pocket watches but it also has arms on either side for a wrist band.

charlyb · Mon. 5:38pm

The watch doesn't actually keep time anymore and as you can probably see the back plate has come completely off but I would also love some advice on repairing the back and maybe getting it running again.

Dan S · Mon. 5:50pm

charlyb
The watch doesn't actually keep time anymore and as you can probably see the back plate has come completely off but I would also love some advice on repairing the back and maybe getting it running again.

An independent watchmaker can repair the movement, and perhaps refer you to a custom jeweler who can repair the case.

UncleBuck · Mon. 6:13pm

charlyb
It looks to me like the same style as the old pocket watches

Early wrist watches were often converted pocket or brooch watches.
The soldiers of WW1 made wristwatches popular as they needed accurate timing but had to have their hands free.
Your watch may have very well been converted by soldering lugs (wires) to the case to accept a strap. One lug has failed but silversmiths and jeweler/watchmakers can repair. The caseback also can be fixed but I must ask your intentions?
I ask because restoring a working watch may be difficult and it would be very fragile.

Struggling to place the origin of your hallmarks but the 925 is a common silver alloy.

I would go slow and in my mind, the beauty is the object and the story, not the timekeeping. I would like to see it put back together properly but I'd check my phone for the time!

Anxious to hear your thoughts and see more pix!