Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 445

Omega, No. 5037339, case No. 5533285. Made circa 1915. Fine early silver military wristwatch with ?24-hour? dial. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, solid, polished, wire lugs, reeded and screwed-down bezel, hinged support movement. D. White enamel with painted Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions with red five minutes numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Silver ?Breguet? hands. M. Cal. 11 1/2???, gilt, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 33 mm. Thickness 10 mm. Property of a South American Gentleman