Re: no serial number... ?
:: so this is my watch. i'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out
: if its real... when it was made... and why i can't find one
: similar anywhere.
: all i know is that the case and the band are supposedly solid 18k
: yellow gold... and its a manual wind up. ladies watch... of
: course.
: the back of the case reads: omega watch 18k 0.750 swiss made. and
: theres a number to the left that's sideways... 12.
: the face reads: omega 23 (which i was told was the jewels)
: antimagnetic
: as you can see, the band is mesh with a design in it. a jeweler
: told me he's guessing its from the late 70's.
: Yet... i can't find a serial number... and neither could the
: jeweler. we looked everywhere. not on the movement or the case
: and it has no lugs. the band was soldered to the case.
: there were however 3 characters almost impossible to see on the
: movement. can't really remember the order now but it was
: something like 1C0 or perhaps 0C1. and i have no idea what that
: means.
: i'm desperate for answers. can anyone help me?!
Based on the photos and your description, I would conclude this watch is unlikely to be genuine. Note my observations below.
The style of the watch implies 1970s or perhaps 1980s.
Omega seldom if ever put "antimagnetic" on the face of a watch after the 1940s or early 1950s , after antimagnetic qualities became industry standard.
Omega similarly rarely put the number of jewels on the face of a watch.
23 jewels in a manual wind movement, particularly a ladies movement, does not correspond with any Omega movement of which I am familar.
Omega movements of the modern era all have three things marked on the movement -- number of jewels (in both words and digits), movement calibre (always 3 or 4 digits, no letters beside the capital Greek letter omega) and serial number (8 digits, with exceptions of special collections in 1984 and 1991). Your watch (you state) has none of these.
The markings on the outside of the case of your watch are usually on the inside of the case back -- usually meaning 99.8% of the time.
All of these observations point towards an imitation, none point towards a genuine watch.
Given these observations, have a jeweler test the watch for gold content -- I would have concern about the markings being accurate.
