1950 Omega Time-Only Ref. 2639-7

Why This Watch Matters Simple, great, accurate, Omega. The Full Story We continue to search for these simple, time-only Omega watches to include in our vintage drops here at HODINKEE. The brand frankly made a lot of watches, and its less complicated offerings remain relatively accessible while still touting the high level of finishing and quality that the watch world has come to expect from Omega. Today's example dates to 1950 and offers something slightly different than the Omegas that we're used to from this period. While Constellations and Seamaster from this era are really timeless designs, we see some real of-the-time period flair in this example. Just look at those markers and numerals. Since 1931, one of Omega's mottos has been, "Omega – Exact time for life," and while there are so many great examples of that coming to fruition, few are better than this watch we have here today. We paired this Omega with our McBride strap light grey to play off of the dial tone and stainless ste