Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 12, 2013
LOT 1
OMEGA CHRONOGRAPH CAL 33.3 STEEL TEST Omega, movement No. 9387757, case No. 9977969. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and rare, stainless steel ?Staybrite? wristwatch with olive shaped button chronograph, register, pulsometer, telemeter and tachometer.
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
HKD 33,000 - 55,000 / USD 4,300 - 6,400
Sold: CHF 6,250
C. Three-body, polished and brushed, flat bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back. D. Matte silver with painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30 minute register, inner green telemeter scale, red pulsometer scale outer minute/seconds track, outermost blue tachometer scale. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 33.3 CHRO, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bi-metallic balance spring, selfcompensating blued Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 38 mm. THICKNESS 14 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3-6* |
Good Slightly oxidized Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-7-18-01 |
Good Oxidized Spotted HANDS Original |