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Yes, I have picked up a few . . .

1904 Hunter cased calibre 19'" NN L , the original Omega calibre, from the year the company was renamed Omega (OK it was 1903, but it was as close as I could get), gold fill case, grade DD I am told, the next to highest quality (DDR was the best, A the lowest quality)

check out the regulation mechanism

1913 pocket chronograph calibre 19'" CHRO L in silver case

1917 calibre 17'" NN LX in gold fill

1919 calibre 17'" NN LX in white gold (same movement, different case and face)

The OVD is indeed relatively short on information, because it is primarily designed around model numbers, which were not used until the mid-1940s. However, the serial numbers used are the same, and prior to the mid-1930s the case numbers (of Omega cases) are often more helpful. [Would not apply to Wadsworth cases](Omega ceased using case numbers for steel cases in about 1939 and for gold in about 1957, so only collectors of pre-WWII Omegas pay much attention to them.)

Your watch (your target?) appears to be a late 1940s style and the serial number is consistent with that date, remembering of course that WWII disrupted Omega's production and operations somewhat . . .

All of Omega's pocket watch movements pretty much looked the same (with the exception of the 17'" LX movements above. The original Omega movement (like the 19'" above was made in about a dozen sizes . . .