Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Aug 25, 2012

LOT 49

OMEGA DE VILLE, CENTRAL TOURBILLON, NO. 11 YELLOW GOLD Omega, De Ville - Central Tourbillon, No. 11. Launched in 1994 as the world?s first automatic wristwatch with central tourbillon regulator in honor of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Omega. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with visible central one-minute flying tourbillon regulator and Omega 18K yellow gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by an Omega box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, stepped rounded bezel, stepped downturned lugs, crown to set time on the embossed case back, sapphire crystal. D. Guilloche decorated silver gold plate with printed blue lozenge hour markers under 2 superimposed and revolving concentric sapphire discs with blue painted lozenge hands, central aperture for the one-minute fl ying tourbillon regulator with Omega-shaped steel carriage. M. Cal. 1170, fausses cotes and oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 48 jewels, lateral lever escapement with central one-minute fl ying tourbillon regulator, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, platinum rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 13 mm.