Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 244

Omega, ?Seamaster XVI?, movement No. 14726132, case No. 11422102, Ref. 2850SC. Made for the XVI summer Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Omega buckle. Accompanied by the original box.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, downturned lugs, hexagonal winding crown, flat bezel, snap-on back engraved: ?Seamaster XVI Automatic- Waterproof? with embossed Olympic crest in the center. D. Cream with applied pink gold faceted dart indexes and pink gold Roman XVI at 6, inner minute/second divisions. Pink gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 471, copper colored, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 11 mm.