Internet Horology Club 185
Anybody know this movement? Answer: Regina/Omega for Canadian Market

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March 07, 2014, 12:35
David Flegel
Anybody know this movement? Answer: Regina/Omega for Canadian Market
SN is 3254451


March 07, 2014, 12:43
Paul Kattner
Looks like a private label Illinois but the online database for that S/N is for a 19 jewel movement.
March 07, 2014, 12:54
Gary E. Cochran
David it looks alot like the Regina Watch Co. movement Tom Brunton has for sale in Horogical parts and tools for sale section...
March 07, 2014, 13:08
David Flegel
Gary:

You are very close to what I was thinking.
March 07, 2014, 13:43
David Abbe
That is likely an Omega. The Serial number puts it at about 1909. More info on the case, dial, movement sigs and size would be extremely helpful.
March 07, 2014, 14:06
David Flegel
It is not my watch. Asking for a friend. What I now have is close enough.
March 07, 2014, 16:17
John Willis
David> I have the identical movement in my hand. It is a Regina movement which was made by Omega for the Canadian market. Many of the Jeweler Dialed watches in Canadian used this movement. I have/had several of these and think they are pretty nice movements.
March 07, 2014, 20:14
David Abbe
I agree, I have restored a number of these, mostly signed Regina and some other private labels and all with great results.
March 08, 2014, 12:39
Ken Habeeb
Just chiming in to add that Regina is the label that Omega used for their exports to Canada, and that it is pronounced with a long i, like the city in Canada. I believe that one of the Canadian medalists in the recent Winter Olympics hails from Regina, Canada.

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March 09, 2014, 10:38
John Willis
Mark McMorris was Canada's first medal winner at Sochi winning the bronze in the snowboarding slopestyle. Impressive if you consider he was nursing a broken rib. I guess the extreme cold in Regina makes em especially tough.