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Help To Identify Labrador 16s Watch "Click" to Login or Register 
Picture of Ernie Loga
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Anybody have information about this watch? It is a size 16 Swiss. The case is an Excelsior 14K Gold filled hunter case.

How many jewels does it have? It there a listing anyplace about this watch?

 
Posts: 900 | Location: Wisconsin in the U.S.A. | Registered: April 28, 2008
Picture of Ernie Loga
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Here is photo of the movement. the words after Labrador are, "REG MARK".

 
Posts: 900 | Location: Wisconsin in the U.S.A. | Registered: April 28, 2008
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Picture of Jerry King
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Hey Ernie,

It is probably a private label....and it looks like a 11-15 jewel....

Maybe Tom can use his investigative skills and come up with whoever "Labrador" is.... Big Grin

Good Luck,

Jerry
 
Posts: 2828 | Location: California in the USA | Registered: June 23, 2008
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Picture of Tom Brown
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Well I don't know if this helps but on both ebay & under a google search of "OMEGA LABRADOR" I found photos of several identical watches, one site said that Labrador "was a range of high grade movements produced by Omega"

The watch photos I found doing the search are just like Ernie's & they all have the same regulator & stud.

Tom
 
Posts: 5107 | Location: New Mexico in the USA | Registered: January 27, 2007
Picture of Ernie Loga
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Thank you
Jerry and Tom.
 
Posts: 900 | Location: Wisconsin in the U.S.A. | Registered: April 28, 2008
Picture of Ernie Loga
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I googled Omega Labrador. It was very informative. Thank you Tom for the tip.

I am pleasantly surprised. I had no idea the Labrador was such a high grade watch with quite a history.

Ernie
 
Posts: 900 | Location: Wisconsin in the U.S.A. | Registered: April 28, 2008
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Picture of Dr. Debbie Irvine
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And here I thought it was a dog. Eek

But seriously, you guys are the very best!

Debbie

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Posts: 5386 | Location: Northern Ohio in the U.S.A. | Registered: December 04, 2002
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Picture of Larry Buchan
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Interesting Watch Ernie, Newfoundland and Labrador, who the dogs are named after, is an island province that joined Canadian Confederation in 1949, this could be an Omega private-label for the Canadian market.

Larry Buchan
 
Posts: 3370 | Location: Okotoks Alberta Canada | Registered: November 22, 2002
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Nice one Tom,
certainly a nice movement too - screw set jewels and micro' regulator, all signs of a good quality movment on a Swiss watch.

John
 
Posts: 1282 | Location: Northern England, United Kingdom | Registered: January 07, 2006
Picture of Ernie Loga
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Labrador was a series name for the Omega Watch Company. Their first series-produced calibres, Labrador and Gurzelen, as well as, the famous Omega calibre of 1894, would ensure the brand's marketing success.

Here is a link to the Omega Heritage:

Omega Watch Company
 
Posts: 900 | Location: Wisconsin in the U.S.A. | Registered: April 28, 2008
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