Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 17, 2013

LOT 190

Omega 8 Days Desk Watch ? CharterHouse 100 Years 1906 Omega, movement no. 5931372, case no. 3498392. Made circa 1905. Fine, large, nickel-cased, keyless, 8-day going desk watch with the original silver-mounted desk case with london hallmarks for 1905-1906.

C. Four-body, bassine et filets, polished. Hinged nickel cuvette. The desk case with planished finish and cartouche engraved `Charterhouse 100 Years, 1906`. D. White enamel with bold Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel poire hands. M. Cal. 59 mm, matte gilt, 17 jewels, large going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. diaM. 69 mm. Case diam. 11.2 x 10.1 cm.