Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 339

Three-Tone Dial Omega Chronograph Omega, Genève. Case No. 9978490, movement No. 9388728. Made circa 1942. A very fine and extremely rare Staybrite stainless steel wristwatch with olive button chronograph, 30-minute register, tachometer, and pulsation and telemeter scales.

USD 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 7,800 - 11,800 / CHF 12,000 - 17,500

Sold: USD 13,200

C. Three-body, inclined bezel, curved lugs, snap-on case back and Omega crown. D. Two-tone silvered dial with black Arabic numerals, outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions, outermost tachometer graduated to 700 units/hour, raised inner white division with green pulsation scale, innermost with red telemeter and blue base 1000 scale, subsidiary guilloché dials for the constant seconds and the 30-minute register. Blued steel feuille hands. M. Cal. 33.3, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut and compensated bi-metallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 37.5 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-09

Good
Movement: 3-6

Good

Slightly oxidized
Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

The dial of the present watch features a particularly complex and intriguing design incorporating three slightly contrasting background colors: silvered, applied white and dark silvered, and four contrasting type-face colors: black, green, blue and red. The design, with its combination of colors and the overall excellent original condition of the dial make this a highly attractive watch, which will appeal to all collectors, even the most experienced.