Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 258

Omega, ?Seamaster, Chrono-Quartz, 32 KHz?, Ref. ST 196.0052 396.0839. Made at the end of the 1970s. Fine and unusual, oversized, rectangular, water-resistant, quartz chronometer wristwatch with double LCD digital display for the round button chronograph functions and analogue display for the time function, date and an integral stainless steel Omega ?bar? bracelet with deployant clasp.

CHF 800 - 1,400

USD 800 - 1,400 / EUR 600 - 1,100

C. Two-body, polished, rounded corners, push-buttons for the chronograph functions on the left, crown for the time functions on the right, back secured with four screws, embossed with the Seamaster logo and the Olympic Cross of Merit, sapphire crystal. D. Black, two LCD digital displays on the left with function indication, analogue display on the right with luminous baton indexes, minute division, date aperture. M. Cal. 1611, ?Albatros?, with quartz standardization, 15 jewels. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 45.3 x 46.7 mm. Thickness 12.8 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The Seamaster Chrono-Quartz 32 Khz was launched in 1976 at the Olympic Games of Montreal, Canada. The Chrono- Quartz is regarded as the first hybrid electronic watch, having both an analogue display for the time functions and a double liquid crystal digital display (LCD) for the chronograph functions. The chronograph can measure to 1/100th of a second. Cal. 1611 (also termed ?Albatros?) was created in 1975 and is the company`s first ?hybrid?, or analogue-digital, movement.