Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 390

OMEGA REF. 49 CHRONOGRAPH CALIBER 33.3 STEEL Omega, Chronograph, movement No. 10825819, case No. 44521500, Ref. 49. Made in the 1950s. Very fine and rare, large, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, register and telemeter.

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, stepped bezel, concave lugs, snap-on case back.
D. Matte silver with applied silver painted Arabic numerals and dart indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-minute/second Arabic markers, outer most blue tachometer scale to 700 UPH, concentric red spiral telemeter scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30 minute register. Blued steel epee hands.
M. Cal 33.3 CHRO T5 PO, rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.