Omega Trench Watches WW1

[Casey2296]

Hey Jeff,
Neat watch. The Omega winged wheel logo leans toward a railway watch, go to watchprosite.com and post your question there, they seem to be the Net54 of watches including Omegas. Good luck and let us know what you find out.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Hey Jeff,
Neat watch. The Omega winged wheel logo leans toward a railway watch, go to watchprosite.com and post your question there, they seem to be the Net54 of watches including Omegas. Good luck and let us know what you find out.

I will and Thanks

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Hey Jeff,
Neat watch. The Omega winged wheel logo leans toward a railway watch, go to watchprosite.com and post your question there, they seem to be the Net54 of watches including Omegas. Good luck and let us know what you find out.

just posted on that website let's see what happens. I will update if I hear anything or not

[mrreality68]

first response on that forum is that it is fake. never hurt to find out from something you do not know about

2nd response is a fun response from know me and joking it was worth less than a baseball card

[Casey2296]

That's a helluva fake if it is, I'm holding out for more responses.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

That's a helluva fake if it is, I'm holding out for more responses.

I am hopefully but ok either but I am taking the advise from others and bringing it to a watch place for another opinion

Sadly the forum allowed me to post it but does not allow me to ask what makes it fake. So I do not know the reasons of what made it fake.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

That's a helluva fake if it is, I'm holding out for more responses.

I'm with you Phil. That's as you put it, a helluva fake. If indeed it is. How in the heck would you fake a watch like that?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

first response on that forum is that it is fake. never hurt to find out from something you do not know about

2nd response is a fun response from know me and joking it was worth less than a baseball card

I don't know Omega watches but the movement in yours does not have OMEGA on it any place. Not having that is usually how you tell better fakes from real watches. The better fakes are hard to tell they are fakes till you open them up and see the movement. That could be why it was called a fake.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Hey Jeff,
Neat watch. The Omega winged wheel logo leans toward a railway watch, go to watchprosite.com and post your question there, they seem to be the Net54 of watches including Omegas. Good luck and let us know what you find out.

Watchuseek.com, public forum

[bnorth]

Could you add a pic of the inside of the back you took off?

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Could you add a pic of the inside of the back you took off?

Did not take off a back. The back is clear. So it is either made this way (real or fake) or the back is missing

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Did not take off a back. The back is clear. So it is either made this way (real or fake) or the back is missing

I like watches so have been looking at a lot of them to compare to yours and I can't find any real ones that are close to yours. Yours also looks very low quality compared to them. The serial number would make it from around 1917 or 1918 if real.

Take it to a jeweler to be sure but I would say fake from what I see. Did you get any more replies on the watch forum?

[Bestdj777]

That’s an interesting looking watch. What size is it? Markings for watches were a bit odd during WWII. Yours looks consistent in quality with the movements I’ve seen from that era but don’t know enough about Omegas to say one way or another. I’d recommend posting in on Rolexforums.com. It’s largely a Rolex site, but there is a wealth of knowledge about vintage watches and they should be able to say one way or another. A few points I will add though is, 1) there is no way a trench watch would be missing a back, so yours would have had at some point; 2) you may want to closely examine the dial as it is possible it was redone, leading the person to think it is fake; and 3) even if real, watches of that era are incredibly under appreciated and values just aren’t there—I got a WWI Rolex Trench watch with decent provenance but crappy markings for 1/8 the price of a new Datejust….

[Bestdj777]

After a closer look at the case and dial, I don’t see any clear indication that the dial was refinished (I.e., crooked lines), but the case looks modern. Compare it with other WWI watches and the metal is a completely different tone.