Old Omega (?) identification

Hello all,

Help is sought identifying this watch! It belonged to my grandmother, who lived from c.1900 until the mid 1980s. I have no idea when she got this watch.

It has a serial number but no obvious manufacturer’s mark. Two things make me think it is an Omega. First, It was recently found by my mother in a box in which it had been sitting for at least 40 years, yet the crown works perfectly, it winds up smoothly, and it keeps good time! Secondly, on close inspection the ‘2’ in the…

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Trying to find information about my omega watch. Anyone can help ?

Hello, I’m new to omega watches.
A few days ago I found an old watch that belonged to my grandfather. Not with the box or the letter.
and now I’m curious about the model, and I want to know if it’s original or not, because when searching on the internet I see that all omega watches have a serial number on the back, but not this one.
is there someone who can help me?

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Love or hate this patina?

What do you think about this patina?
Sometimes I think it’s like a piece of art and so unique. At first I was thinking that it’s sucks that the patina is not even but looking again I like it more and more.

Also if someone knows how these type of patina develope please let me know. One interesting explanation that I got from one old (82) watch collector is that this happens because the owner was smoking those wooden tobacco pipes.

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Omega Speedmaster Date 3513.50 cal 1152, anyone know where to find parts number schema/list?

Hey all, this is my first post here as I recently acquired this watch and wanted to open it up to inspect the movement. Now I’d like to change the case back gasket, but did tons of searching and nothing conclusive comes up for the usual keywords. The only website I found that pops up for 175.0084 is https://www.ofrei.com/page990.html with OME-G281-272. However, I’ve seen part numbers like 198ZW5031, 198ZW5029 or 198-0080. I’m assuming there’s a more popular ref that’s the same as…

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