Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 16, 2014

LOT 244

OMEGA - CHRONO-TACHY-TELEMETER - YELLOW GOLD Omega, movement No. 9388775, case No. 9174879, Ref. OK 2088. Made circa 1940. Fine and rare, 14K yellow gold wristwatch with olive-button chronograph, register, telemeter and two tachometer scales.

CHF 3,500 - 5,500

HKD 29,000 - 45,000 / USD 3,700 - 5,800

Three-body, polished, inclined bezel, flat band, lapidated lugs, snap-on back. Two-tone, gilt with radial black Arabic numerals, outer minutes and fifths of a second track, outermost black and inner red 700-12 km/h tachometer scales, inner 0-20 telemetric scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Blued steel feuille hands. Cal. 33.3 CHRO, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-10-01

Good

Patinated

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 37.5 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Another example of this reference with telemeter and two tachymetric scales is illustrated in "Omega - A Journey Through Time", Marco Richon, 2007, p. 537.