Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 434

?Pink Constellation Grand Luxe? Omega, ?Automatic, Chronomètre Officially Certified, Constellation?, No. 14920784, case No. 11439314, Ref. 14355 SC. Made circa 1955 for Gassem Ahmed Albahr. Very fine and rare, elegant, self-winding, center seconds, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman`s wristwatch with an articulated 18K pink gold Constellation ?snake? bracelet with slide-in clasp. Accompanied by a silver and wood Omega box.

C. Two-body, polished, inclined bezel, hooded lugs, decagonal crown, screw-down back with embossed Constellation logo. D. Copper-colored, ?pie-pan?, applied faceted pink gold dart indexes on a guilloché reserve, inner minute/seconds divisions, applied 18K pink gold Omega symbol at 12 and an applied 18K pink gold star at 6. Pink gold ?dauphine? hands. M. Cal. 554, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Property of an American Gentleman