Omega Ladies Cocktail Watch | Solid 14K Gold Case | Roman Dial | Circa 1940

Omega Ladies Cocktail Watch | Solid 14K Gold Case | Roman Dial | Circa 1940

Description

A genuinely early Omega, and a solid gold one. The caseback interior is stamped Omega, 14 KARAT GOLD and the case number 247566, so this is real 14 karat gold rather than plate or fill, which is unusual at this size and increasingly hard to find honestly described.

The dial is cream with fine black Roman numerals and a printed minute track, and the hands are blued steel, which is the detail that lifts these little cocktail watches. It has aged the way pre-war dials do, with light speckling across the surface, described in full below. The movement is out of the case in one of the photographs, so you can see exactly what you are buying.

Key Features

• Solid 14 karat gold case, stamped, numbered and weighed at 3 grams
• Cream Roman numeral dial with blued steel hands
• Omega signed crown
• Movement photographed out of the case
• Movement serial places production at circa 1940
• US market Norman M. Morris import

Specifications

• Brand: Omega
• Case: Small round, SOLID 14 karat gold
• Case Marking: Omega symbol, OMEGA, 14 KARAT GOLD, case number 247566, stamped inside the caseback
• Case Weight: 3 grams of solid 14 karat gold, weighed in house
• Dial: Cream with black Roman numerals, printed minute track, blued steel hands
• Movement: Manual wind, 17 jewels, marked OMEGA WATCH Co SWISS, SEVENTEEN 17 JEWELS, UNADJUSTED
• Movement Serial: 9,604,531, placing production circa 1940
• Import Code: OXG, the United States import code for movements supplied to the Norman M. Morris Corporation, Omega's American agent
• Bracelet: Expanding pebble-link, marked 1/20 10K G.F., which is gold fill over base metal and NOT solid gold. A period American bracelet rather than an Omega original
• Case Dimensions:
• Lug to Lug:

Condition Report

• Dial: Honest pre-war patina. Light speckling and small age spots across the cream surface, visible under macro. Roman numerals and minute track crisp. Attractive rather than detracting, but stated plainly.
• Hands: Blued steel hands intact with good colour.
• Case: Solid 14 karat gold, weighed at 3 grams, wear consistent with age.
• Crystal: Domed, good.
• Movement: Serviced and running properly.
• Bracelet: Expanding pebble-link bracelet with wear. Gold fill over base metal, not solid gold, and not an Omega part.

Historical Significance

The seventeen jewel count and the UNADJUSTED stamp are not signs of a lesser movement, they are American paperwork. The Tariff Act of 1930 required every imported movement to be indelibly stamped with its country of origin, its importer, its jewel count and whether it was adjusted, and United States duty scaled with the number of jewels, so Omega supplied seventeen jewel movements to its American agent to keep watches affordable. The OXG code identifies that agent as the Norman M. Morris Corporation of New York, which cased many of them domestically. The solid 14 karat gold case and the American bracelet both fit that story.

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