Antique Omega Regina Pocket Watch

Antique Omega Regina pocket watch.

The watch has a good quality stem-winding movement (17 jewels, 2 adjustments) which is working nicely. As well as being signed, the movement has a serial number which dates it back to around 1918.

At the time this watch was made, Omega wanted to increase their share of the watch market in Canada. They were somewhat limited as Omega branded watches could only be sold through officially franchised Omega dealerships. In order to get around this issue, and to increase their sales, they purchased the Regina Watch Company from Louis Maier who first registered the name in 1888. By 1911, Louis Brandt had registered the Regina name to Omega.

The watch measures 50mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. The watch has a good quality gold filled case by the American Watch Case Company who were based in Canada. It has a screw-on bezel and case back, a nice sign of quality. The case is in lovely condition.

The lens is glass, there is a small 2mm chip underneath the lens at the edge but otherwise it is in good condition.

The signed dial is in beautiful condition. It has an unusual design in that there are red minute numbers to the perimeter and then there is also an inner 24 hour dial. Original blued steel hands.

The watch comes in a new presentation box.

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All of our watches are checked over before listing, and are also checked for accuracy which is usually within around +/- two to three minutes over 24 hours (unless otherwise stated), which is considered respectable for a vintage watch.

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