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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


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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