Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 12, 2012

LOT 29

OMEGA REF. ST 196.0052 SEAMASTER CHRONO-QUARTZ Omega, Seamaster, Chrono-Quartz, 32 KHz, Ref. ST 196.0052 / 396.0839. Made in the late 1970s. Fine and unusual, oversized, horizontal rectangular, waterresistant, quartz chronometer wristwatch with date, double LCD digital display for the round button chronograph functions and analogue display for the time function and an integral stainless steel Omega bar bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, rounded corners, stepped bezel, push-buttons for the chronograph functions at 9, crown for the time functions at 3, case back with 4 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 track, aperture for the date. M. Cal. 1611 with quartz standardization, 15 jewels. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 45 x 46 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.