Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 24

Omega Silver Pocket Watch Chronograph Omega, Swiss, Cadran Breveté S.G.D.G., No. 442845, case No. 5949789. Made circa 1910. Fine and very rare, sterling silver, keyless pocket watch with chronograph, 15-minute recorder, tachometer and telemeter for 1 to 5 minutes base. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, solid, bassine, polished, hinged case back, bezel and cuvette, cuvette engraved with 12 Omega contest medals. D. White enamel with printed Arabic numerals, 1/5th seconds chronograph scale, subsidiary sunk dials for the seconds at 6 and the 15-minute register at 12, outer tachometer and 5 multicolor telemeter scales. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 22???, gilt brass three-quarter plate, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Chronograph functions by a single button on the winding crown. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 53 mm. Thickness 15 mm.