Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010

LOT 71

Omega Jumping Center Seconds Deluxe Precision Table Clock Omega, Swiss, No. 9691960. Made circa 1945. Fine and rare, square, 8-day going, precision, mahogany and gilt brass table clock with jumping center seconds and stop feature for exact setting.

HKD 6,000 - 10,000

USD 800 - 1,300 / EUR 600 - 1,000

Sold: HKD 17,500

C. Square mahogany with brass-bound corners, gilt brass bezels and brushed gilt plate surrounding the dial. D. Matte silvered with applied gilt baton indexes and Roman quarter-hour numerals, outer minute track with Arabic fiveminutes/ seconds numerals. Gilt feuille hands. M. Cal. 59.8-D SCS, copper-coloured, 20 jewels, indirect center seconds mounted on the backplate, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Dim. 14.3 x 14.3 x 4.3 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The 59 8-D SCS caliber (59 mm, 8 days, jumping center seconds) was patented on the 17th August 1942 (Swiss patent No. 229234), published January 3rd,1944 under the title (in French) ?Timekeeper with Center Seconds?. For a similar model see OMEGA, A Journey through Time, by Marco Richon, p. 189.