Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010

LOT 195

Omega Constellation Omega, "Constellation, Automatic Chronometer Officially Certified", movement No. 27636827, case No. 168029. Made circa 1968. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, waterresistant, center seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold chronometer's wristwatch with day and date and a gilt Omega buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, faceted bezel, screwed-down case back with embossed Constellation logo. D. Champagne with applied blackened yellow baton gold indexes, outer minute/ seconds divisions, aperture for the gold-rimmed day and the date. Blackened yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 751, copper-colored, 24 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 34.5 x 40 mm. Thickness 11.5 mm.