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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008

LOT 552

Stainless Steel Chronograph Omega, movement No. 9599167, Ref. 2279. Made circa 1943. Fine, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers, tachometer, pulsometer.

CHF 4,300 - 5,300

USD 4,000 - 4,800 / EUR 2,700 - 3,300

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, lapidated lugs. D. Brushed silver with applied gilt Arabic numerals and dot indexes, minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, outer red tachometer and inner pulsometer scales, subsidiary guilloché dials for the constant seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Stainless steel feuille hands. M. Cal. 27 CHRO C12, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-9

Good

Scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original