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Your mother's watch is from the early 1950's...
...this type of women's dress watch is commonly call a "cocktail" watch. This is probably because it is so small, dressy and impractical, it was worn mostly for dress-up occasions.
Today, women prefer larger watches, so these don't have much collector value above the gold and/or diamonds in the case. This is a shame, as they are marvels of engineering for their time. When new they sold for more than equivalent men's watches.
Wish I had better news, and please wish your mother a Happy Mother's Day,
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Please help identifying a mysterious Omega watch
Dear friends, I am trying to gather some information on a women's Omega watch that belongs to my mother. I visited her this week and she asked me if I knew anything about the watch and if it was worth anything more than the weight of the gold. I think it ...
Your mother's watch is from the early 1950's...
...this type of women's dress watch is commonly call a "cocktail" watch. This is probably because it is so small, dressy and impractical, it was worn mostly for dress-up occasions. Today, women prefer larger watches, so these don't have much collector val...
Thanks for the info.
very much appreciated. The cocktail dress watch name does indeed make sense! Matt
It's remarkably...
...easy to get at the movements on these...well, usually. I recently cleaned up a Pt JLC of similar construction. If you have the correct sized screwdriver, you can gently undo the screw in the middle of the crown. Once that is out, the crown comes off an...