Chinese & Seiko Vintage Watch

Chinese & Seiko Vintage Watch
A website for Chinese & Japanese vintage watches and other funny vintage stuffs. email: micmicmor@gmail.com

6/27/2007

Omega - China Railway Pocket Watch

The China Railway Bureau had ordered a lot of ? pieces cal.161 pocket watch from Omega Watch Company on 1951. It has white porcelain dial with 44mm chrome plated watch case, each case back has Railway Bureau symbol and 4 digits serial number engraved.
Even those, they are not chronometer grade or real railway grade movement watches, but they are the fist lot of official-ordered timepiece from the People Republic of China. Thus, they are highly collectable since not many piece has existed and survived. These watches were only delivery and assigned to those high ranking leader in the old days.






China Railway Bureau symbol and a officer badge





Omega cal.161 movement