OMEGAMANIA
Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Apr 15, 2007
LOT 101
?DEAD CENTER SECONDS?
Omega, No. 10600477, Ref. 5506. Sold in 1948.
Very fine and rare, gold-plated ?Deluxe? eight day-going dead seconds table
chronometer. Sold with a Certificate of Authenticity and 2-year Omega guarantee.
To be sold without reserve
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
EUR 1,300 - 2,000 / USD 1,700 - 2,500
Sold: CHF 10,620
C. Brushed side panels, hinged door, gilt bun feet. D. Silvered with applied gilt baton indexes and radial Roman quarters, outer minute/seconds track with Arabic five minutes/seconds on a red laquer ground with pierced and chased foliage decoration. Gilt ?feuille? hands. M. Cal. 59 8-D SCS, copper-colored, 20 jewels, indirect center seconds with bull cless, bimetallic cut compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 128 x 128 mm. Property of a South American Collector
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 1 |
As new |
Dial: 3-15-01 |
Good Slightly rusted HANDS Original |
Notes
The present lot is a ?Deluxe Table Clock?. The silvered dial of the table clock is surrounded by a branch
decor, which was hand-cut by Jean-Pierre Matthey-Claudet. The clock case houses caliber 59 8-D SCS.
It is a precision 8-day movement, which was patented as No. 229234, registered on August 17, 1942 and
subsequently labeled as a ?timepiece with center seconds-hand?.
Cal. 59 8-D SCS
was the first chronometer-grade movement with jumping center seconds. The center seconds are driven by
a second pallet fork engaging with the seconds wheel.
8-D = 8 days
SCS = Jumping center seconds