Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 11, 2012
LOT 11
OMEGA CHRONOGRAPH CAL 33.3 STEEL Omega, movement No. 9380720, case No. 9977070. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and rare, stainless steel ?Staybrite? wristwatch with olive shaped button chronograph, register, pulsometer, telemeter and tachometer.
CHF 4,500 - 6,500
USD 5,000 - 7,000 / EUR 3,700 - 5,500
Sold: CHF 5,000
C. Three-body, polished and brushed, fl at bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back. D. Two-tone matte silver with painted Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30 minute register, inner green telemeter scale, red pulsometer scale outer minute/seconds track, outermost blue tachometer scale. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 33.3 CHRO, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bi-metallic balance spring, selfcompensating blued Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 14 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-7-01 |
Good Oxidized HANDS Original |