| Author | Message | ||
     Toneill New member Username: Toneill Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2007 Rating: N/A |
Hi I have recently been given a omega 53 watch with the serial number: 6645 101000 6 6B/542 7283/53 I just wondered if it possible to find out who the watch was originally issued to and if so how you go about doing that, if that�s possible. Thanks. | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 2840 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Not possible to know the indivdual, no. It may have been used by several indivduals anyways. | ||
| Alebel New member Username: Alebel Post Number: 5 Registered: 12-2009 Rating: N/A |
Hello Zaf, is it true that the crystal on an Omega 53 has to have the omega symbol visible in the centre? Thanks for any input on that. Antoine | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 4357 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
To my knowledge, the original Omega crystal from 1953 DID NOT have the Omega symbol in the centre, only modern modern replacements. | ||
| Alebel New member Username: Alebel Post Number: 6 Registered: 12-2009 Rating: N/A |
Ok, thanks very much. I appreciate your info. This guy was trying to sell me a replacement crystal for an Omega 53 and said it had to have the omega symbol visible in it. I didn't feel right about it. I just bought an omega 53 (broad arrow) and the crystal is rather scratched. Once I get it I'll have to see if it can be polished back. Antoine | ||
| Alebel New member Username: Alebel Post Number: 7 Registered: 12-2009 Rating: N/A |
Zaf, how easy/difficult is it to get a crystal replacement for an Omega 53? I am thinking that if the crystal on mine doesn't come through after polishing it I should change it. But if impossible to do, then I will return the watch. | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 4359 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
It would be silly to return a watch, assuming all else is OK, because of the crystal. There are plenty of 33.5mm armored types with chrome tension ring available. | ||
| Alexwatch New member Username: Alexwatch Post Number: 1 Registered: 03-2010 Rating: N/A |
Does any body know the difference between the designation 6b/542 on the case back of the omega 53 military watch and the one my customer owns that his dad was issued which is marked 6s/542 instead? He was a dispatch rider (motorcycle)f for the Brit army during WWII... | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 4460 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
Any chance of a photo? Sounds like an interesting variant. This is a post WWII watch by the way, by 8 years. |