1940 Omega watch

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I wonder whether the watches retailed by Omega and those which seem to light Dip Steyn’s fire have much in common?

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I finished mine off by forgetting to take it off when I went swimming in the very salty Gt Bitter Lake 😮

Ouch – gruesome! 😮

They cost a little more than 28 quid nowadays.
Thanks for sharing.

I was issued with a Jaeger le Coultre nav watch in 1950, we were told they cost £28 and we would be charged £56 if we lost it. We had to change them every two years, or if they became u/s. We had to check the accuracy and if they gained more than 10 secs or lost more than 5 secs in a day, they were u/s and had to be changed. I finished mine off by forgetting to take it off when I went swimming in the very salty Gt Bitter Lake 😮

I don´t claim to be the worlds expert on these. 😮
You could probably find out a lot more on the Military Watch Resource forum.

This is my RAF navigators chronometer… 1948 Jaeger LeCoultre Mark 11 6b/346.
All those “Flieger” style watches? All copies of this.

Another question that occurs , is there any way to find out where or who the watches were distributed, I was told that marks made on the case record servicing and re issue by Hermansue, apparently they were regularly serviced and turned around within a week usually when the crew was on leave do you know if Hermansue kept records?

Its a MK VII movement nos 8053054. I was not aware of the later watches, does it have a crown or just the A/M number?

Perhaps the Weems may have been 2000 units, as they are certainly unusual. The number supplied has no bearing on how nice that watch is, in any case.

These are the usual 6B/159 Omegas (6B denotes flight equipment), with a 30T2 movement. It´d be interesting to know what movement your watch has.

The 1953 RAF Omega chronometer is lovely and very collectable.

That´s a nice piece!
But Omega supplied an awful lot more than 2000 watches during the war – and then many more after it. Your Weems cased example should be from 1940 as you say, though the far more common “garden variety” Omega aircrews 6B/159 was issued around 1942/43.

They may have supplied more watches to other services but not in this design, to the Air Ministry ? at least that what i have read in the books i have seen and info on the web I have no idea about post war.

Very desirable watch, these were also used by Ferry Command and Coastal Command, I have also heard them called WEEMS watches, named after the
chap, who invented the second setting watch..IE yours! For accurate navigation.
Regards Mike

Something a bit different.
Omega supplied only 2000 Watches to the RAF during the entirety of the War.
This one off batch of 2000 being shipped from Omega to Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Jewellers to the Queen on the 5th of January 1940 in time for the Battle of Britain. Once checked they were then issued to the Air ministry and distributed to the Pilots and navigators of the RAF Operational Squadrons.
Omegas because of their cost were never again supplied to the Air Ministry, similar watches in the same style were supplied by Longines and Movado at approximately half the cost of the one with the Omega movement and although not plentiful are allot more common than the Omega.
The Omega watches were much sort after by Pilots and were usually commandeered by the higher ranking officers, but only by those who were operational were eligible as this watch is a piece of navigation equipment.
🙂

That´s a nice piece!
But Omega supplied an awful lot more than 2000 watches during the war – and then many more after it. Your Weems cased example should be from 1940 as you say, though the far more common “garden variety” Omega aircrews 6B/159 was issued around 1942/43.

Weems watch

Hi

Here`s my Movado Weems watch. Same marking`s on the back as the one above.

BS

I have the remains of one somewhere from a dig (pre 1986 and not one of mine or it would have been handed back), think it is the face and back cover only as the works disappeared whilst loaned for a display 🙁 Fairly sure the back is not engraved as this one though? Will try to look it out and take a photo.

I know what you mean, I have seen seiko ones going for staggering numbers, even though you can still get the odd one through MOD sales at a fraction of the eBay prices, one I watched on a MOD site sold again 2 weeks later on evilbay raking in a £260 profit for the guy

Hello Brian

Yes I have by several different People its 100% 🙂 One on ebay that was water damaged and did not work made £1800 on ebay recently.

Graham – nice looking watch.

Military watch prices have gone very high recently. There are also some stinkers around.

Have you checked it out on the Military Watch Forum ?

Well, never supplied again until the 50’s 🙂

Then they issued this

http://www.corrvintagewatches.com/detail.php?productId=344

Not seen them with the outer bezel before, btw see this for others, I have a Seiko Generation 1 😀

http://www.corrvintagewatches.com/catalogue.php?nature=3