Chronometre - signed crown or not?
My first post for a topic that I'm sure is going to be easy for you, but unknown territory for me. I've been offered a steel Chronometre, end of '40s. The watch itself is in a superb shape, but the crown is a plain, unsigned one. Question: is it correct? ...
My understanding is that unsigned would be...
correct for that period. I don't think that the signed Omega crowns appeared until sometime in the 1950's.
I wish it were an easy question...
... I have an Omega Chronometre in steel, Ref. 2517. I believe the crown on mine to be original and it is signed. Unfortunately, I don't yet have a picture of the crown to show you. Omega has informed me that my watch was delivered to Italy in 1950. My un...
Much appreciated
I have to thank everybody so far for each valuable contribution: it is much appreciated. Seems that the unsigned crown is correct. I don't have any picture of the watch, unfortunately: it is (believe it or not!) an old fashion, direct, not web-generated n...