Omega Trench Officers Hunter Transitional Watch 1912-14 Silver cased Antique WW1

Omega Solid Silver PURPOSE MADE Hunter Trench watch. Wristwatches were first worn by military men towards the end of the nineteenth century, when the importance of synchronizing maneuvers during war without potentially revealing the plan to the enemy through signalling was increasingly recognized. It was clear that using pocket watches while in the heat of battle or while mounted on a horse was impractical, so officers began to strap the watches to their wrist. Thus these watches are often referred to as "Officers Trench watch". So what is a trench watch?

During World War I numerous companies, including Omega Longines Rolex. And others produced wrist watches for the military.

These watches were of virtually identical style with an enamel dial, wide white numerals, and a luminescent. These watches are thus often referred to as "wire lug" watches. So what is a hunter watch movement? Hunting movements are characterized by the stem placement at the 3:00 position using a standard dial. Popularised at a similar if not exact time as the use for a more hands on watch and practical watch these watches were now easily wound and set without them being removed from the wrist.

These Hunter wrist watch movements should also have a subsidiary counter at 6 showing continuous seconds read. Again this is NOT a later (modern) "conversion" pocket watch (fake). THIS IS AN ALL ORIGINAL PURPOSE MADE OMEGA TRENCH OFFICERS WIRE LUG WRISTLET WATCH. We can not stress this enough...

(remember we are using a macro lens so any and all imperfections are massively amplified above and beyond what you could see with the naked eye). Good Size for a Trench watch at 35.27mm (excluding crown) 37.73mm (inclusive) 41.84mm Lug tip to Lug tip.

And 12.74mm for lug spacing, solid silver case in fine condition. An excellent case design allowing for a full dial diameter of 29.59mm. Case has only mild surface marking consistent with age and wear not bad at all for a watch over 100 years old these could easily be polished out by hand if so desired. The case has pleasingly not been over polished.

This is an enamel white dial featuring BOLD Roman Numerals, and a red 13-24h numbers offering a clear 24 hour read. Blue steel hour and minute hands similarly Blue steel sub-second seconds hand. The dial has an almost panoramic quality due to its impressive case design allowing for a crystal dial diameter of 29.59mm Applied Black Omega lettering under the 12. Subsidiary Second counter at 6. The Watch is fitted with a fine quality genuine Hirsch Nappa Calf Military strap in Black. Fully Operational ALL ORIGINAL condition.

Christopher Walken - Omega WWI Trench Watch, Pulp Fiction. The way your dad looked at it, this watch was your birthright. He'd be damned if any slopes gonna put their greasy yellow hands on his boy's birthright, so he hid it, in the one place he knew he could hide something: his ass. Five long years, he wore this watch up his ass. Then when he died of dysentery, he gave me the watch.

I hid this uncomfortable piece of metal up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the watch to you. If you are a serious collector, you would be hard-pressed to find a nicer example. Check our feedback and give us a call.

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All of our watches are sent by tracked and insured methods for your peace of mind. We can offer a comprehensive servicing facility we can service most watches at a fraction of the high street cost, we can look after most watches from pocket watches to trench watches to high end chronographs. See our other listings for silver gold jewelry watches including jaeger lecoultre omega longines tissot WW1 WW2 trench watches pocket watches + more. The item "Omega Trench Officers Hunter Transitional Watch 1912-14 Silver cased Antique WW1" is in sale since Monday, March 14, 2016. This item is in the category "Jewellery & Watches\Watches\Wristwatches". The seller is "fullywound" and is located in Folkestone. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Brand: Omega
Gender: Men's
Features: Sub-Second
Movement: Mechanical (Hand-winding)
Year of Manufacture: Pre-1920
Display: Analog
Watch Shape: Round
Case Material: Silver
Case Colour: Silver
Case Finish: Gloss
Face Colour: White
Strap Material: Leather
Strap Colour: Black
Case Size: 35mm
Lug Width: 12mm
Style: Casual
Age Group: Adult
Model: Trench
Country/Region of Manufacture: Switzerland