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Geneva, May 15, 2011

LOT 265

Omega Jumping Center Seconds Deluxe Precision Table Clock Omega, Swiss, No. 10600962. Made circa 1950. Fine and very rare, square, 8-day going, precision, gilt brass table chronometer clock with jumping center seconds, stop feature for exact setting and hand-cut decoration by Jean-Pierre Matthey-Claudet.

CHF 1,500 - 2,500

USD 1,700 - 2,700 / EUR 1,100 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 1,750

C. Square brushed gilt brass, fluted sides, turned feet, fretwork foliate brushed gilt plate hand-cut by Jean-Pierre Matthey-Claudet over crimson ground surrounding the dial. D. Matte silvered with applied gilt baton indexes and Roman quarter-hour numerals, outer minute track with Arabic five minutes/ seconds numerals. Gilt feuille hands. M. Cal. 59.8-D SCS, copper-colored, 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. 13 x 13 x 4.9 cm.


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The present lot is a ?Deluxe Table Clock?. The silvered dial of the table clock is surrounded by a branch decor, which was hand-cut by Jean-Pierre Matthey-Claudet. 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?. Another example of this clock was sold by Antiquorum, Geneva, Omegamania, April 15, 2007, lot 101.