Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 12, 2019
LOT 601
“OBSERVATORY TRIALS”
CHF 2,500 - 4,500
HKD 20,000 - 36,000 / USD 2,500 - 4,500
Sold: CHF 4,375
Rare competition chronometer wristwatch movement with Guillaume balance and enamel Breguet dial, subsidiary seconds, for use in observatory trials. Aluminum testing case. With a copy of the bulletin de l’observatoire de Geneve in 1966
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Omega
Model Observatory trials
Year Circa 1953
Movement No. 9’598’330
Calibre 30T2
Case No. 99
Dimensions 50X45 mm
Signature Dial and Movement, Movement double numbered, Case numbered.
Accessories Extract from “Observatoire de Genève”
Notes
This particular movement went 2 times at the Geneva observatory in 1953 and 1966. The caliber 30T2 is one of the best manual wind movements produced. It is a simple design that won many of the observatory competitions year after year. The production of the caliber 30 mm designed by Henri Kneuss started in 1938 and ended in 1963