Omega classic dress watch vintage — Steel, 1960s, silver dial 38 mm

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Identity

Vintage Omega dress watch, 1960s. Manual winding mechanical movement with small seconds. Steel case, 38 mm diameter, monogrammed signed crown. Silver dial, black painted Arabic numerals, baton hands, small seconds at 6 o'clock. Plexiglas crystal. Leather strap and steel pin buckle.

Watchmaking Context

At the turn of the 1950s and 1960s, alongside its sports lines—Seamaster, Constellation—Omega produced a vast range of manual-wind dress watches that defined the watchmaking dress watch for the decade: steel, yellow gold, or rose gold cases in 34 to 38 mm, silver or champagne dials, Arabic numerals or applied indexes, and the small seconds at 6 o'clock inherited from pocket watches. These pieces, sometimes without a commercial line signature on the dial, are equipped with Omega manual calibers 268, 269, and 286—one of the most produced dynasties of small-seconds movements in Swiss watchmaking, whose architectural simplicity and quality of execution explain their resilience through the decades. Sixty years later, these calibers remain repairable, reliable, and represent one of the strongest entry points into vintage watchmaking.

Personality

Silver dial with black Arabic numerals and baton hands. 38 mm size, a rare men's dimension for this 1960s dress watch category.

Serviced watch. Normal patina and wear of time. Delivered with the box and the 24-month Contre-Temps warranty certificate.