Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 189

Omega, Automatic Chronograph, Ref. C 41. Made to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Louis Brandt/ Omega in the 1980s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date, square button chronograph, registers and an 18K yellow gold Omega buckle. Accompanied by a box and instruction booklet. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished, transparent case back engraved: Louis Brandt, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloche silver with printed radial Roman numerals, outer 1/5th second scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers, aperture for the date. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 7750, coppercolored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 14 mm.