Omega 1917

About this model

An open-face pocket watch from the last years in which the pocket watch was the normal way for a man to carry the time; the wrist took over during the decade that followed. The red inner ring runs 13 to 24, so the dial can be read as a 24-hour clock as well as a 12-hour one. The case back carries the row of award medallions Omega stamped into its cases in this period, from the prizes the firm took at the international exhibitions around the turn of the century.

What I know is wrong with it

The seconds and minutes hand is missing.

No watch here has been pressure-tested. A period WATERPROOF or WATER RESISTANT stamp says nothing about the seals today, so treat every watch on this site as not water resistant.