Every Watch Has a Story has a large range of Omega Vintage and Antique watches of astounding beauty and quality. This 1915 Antique Men’s Wristwatch with a fully restored dial is just one amazing example. Look at the detail on the dial.
Brand: Omega
Edition: One of a kind.
Circa: 1915, with signed and numbered movement.
Condition: Excellent. Like new.
Item Number: 1923
Gender: Mens
Dial: This gorgeous, men’s watch is a very handsome specimen and features a new metal engraved dial with meticulous design work, blue arabic numerals, and a small second dial at the nine o’clock position. The dial features the Omega emblem and features antique skeleton mersedes-style luminous hands.
Case: The case consists of a three-piece, metal case in excellent condition, specially created to house this antique pocket watch movement. The crystal is made of impeccable mineral glass.
Origin/Model: This wristwatch is converted from an antique 1915 pocket watch. The combination of the antique signed movement, modern glass, immaculately restored dial, and clear exhibition back makes this more than just a watch. Like so many of our pieces, this is a one of a kind work of art!
Movement/Mechanism: This beautiful wristwatch has the original antique movement in astounding condition especially considering it is over 100 years old. The movement is a manual winding, powered 15 ruby jewels. Signed "Omega" #4935870. The mechanism has been recently serviced to ensure it winds and sets smoothly while keeping accurate time. The winding crown is also in excellent condition and operates perfectly.
Band: The watch is fitted with a 22mm genuine black leather band with a mild grain finish, with a traditional buckle that matches the watches case.
Dimensions: Case: 43mm (without crown) Case: 47mm (with crown) Lug to Lug: 56mm
Case Thickness: 14mm
Box: Your watch will be delivered in one of our own signature collectible wooden watch boxes.
Shipping: Free shipping on all order. Two-day delivery anywhere in the United States for all purchases over two thousand dollars and ground delivery for all other orders.
Directions: This is an antique watch. Different antique watches use different mechanisms to wind and/or set the time. If you are not familiar with these, or it is unclear to you how to wind or set the time on your particular watch please contact us for specific instructions prior to attempting wind the watch or set the time to prevent damaging the watch.
Servicing: This original movement of this beautiful wristwatch has been beautifully preserved, astoundingly so considering the age of the piece. The mechanism has been recently serviced to ensure it winds and sets smoothly while keeping accurate time.
Protecting and Caring For Your Watch: All antique watches are mechanical, and as such should be treated with extra care. You should be careful not to expose an antique watch to the wear and tear. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t wear it often, or even every day. The best thing for something that is mechanical is to be used regularly. It does mean extra care should be taken not to drop it or expose it to water.
Antique watches are generally not waterproof as this technology was not in general use until the mid-20th century. You should therefore protect your antique watch from exposure to moisture.
If your watch becomes wet it should be dried as quickly as possible. This should be done using a hair dryer, opening all covers and gently blow drying the movement, dial, covers, and crown. This will eliminate or at least reduce the build up of any rust. Be careful not to turn the speed of the hairdryer up too high or hold it too close to the watch. A strong hair dryer held too close to a watch could blow a hand off the watch.
If your watch becomes exposed to salt water you should immediately spray your watch with purified water to remove all salt before drying the watch. If salt is left inside the watch it will combine with moisture in the air over time and begin to rust metal the components of the movement and other parts of the watch.
Winding any mechanical watch too tightly may break the mainspring, so be mindful of when you begin to feel resistance as you are winding your watch. Avoid winding the watch with force or aggressively.
When you are adjusting the hands of your watch, move them in a clockwise direction only. It is possible that counter-clockwise adjustments may damage the movement. If you do decide to make counter-clockwise adjustments make them for minutes, not hours.
We recommend that every two to three years you have your watch serviced, primarily to oil the mechanisms within the movement.
If for any reason dust or dirt makes its way into the watch, allow the watch to run down completely. Don’t wind the watch again before having it serviced by a qualified watch repair expert. Dust will absorb and remove the most important lubricants and cause the movement components to wear down.
If a need arises to clean the case, dial, crystal, etc., we advise you use a cloth that does not leave fibers as these may get caught and left behind in the movement.
Keep your antiques watch away from magnets. Strong magnetic fields may affect the accuracy of your watch since some vintage watches were made including iron-based components
Antique watches typically keep time accurately within about five minutes per day. If you experienced a various significantly greater than that, please contact us (or a watch professional for diagnosis). We see this very, very rarely with our watches, but should it occur it is not cause to be alarmed.
If you are flying a high-altitudes regularly with your antique watch you may wish to have it oiled more than every two to three years. The extreme temperature changes that accompany high altitudes can cause the oil viscosity to decrease more rapidly than usual.
The Story: Louis Brandt started researching and developing pocket watches in 1848 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The quality of workmanship and attention to detail would foreshadow the watches that would later carry the Omega name. Brandt continued making watches there until 1877, when he formed Louis Brandt & Fils company with his oldest son, Louis Paul. Louis Paul and his brother Caesaer moved the company to Bienne two years later. It remains there to this day.
Innovators in every way, the Brandt brothers were the first swiss watch makers to use the divided assembly line. Allowing quality watches to be mass-produced, this process also allowed the prices of the watches to be moderated as efficiency improved. The company went through several name changes through the years—Louis Brandt & Frere (1891), Louis Brandt and Frere-Omega Watch Co. (1903), Omega, Louis Brandt & Frere (1947), and Omega Ltd in 1982. Through all of this time and through all of the name changes, the pride in quality of workmanship remained in the Omega watch.
While accessible to the general public, the Omega watch has an outstanding history. Omega first mass-produced the pocket watch in 1894. By 1902 Omega introduced the first wrist watch. Omega has been the proud official timer of no less than 21 Olympic Games. Omega watches were designated the official watch of American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts. The Omega watch was the first watch to be worn on the moon. Neil Armstrong made that the case in 1969, and later by all Apollo crews.
Every Watch Has a StoryTM is in no way affiliated with Omega and does not claim to be. We simply love their products and make them available to our customers who enjoy surrounding themselves with the best of the best.
