Post by Houston on Nov 13, 2007 18:18:52 GMT -5
No 5 - November 14 2007
OMEGA 1940s CHRONOGRAPH
Originating from the late 1940’s, this is a rare Gentleman’s wristwatch in 18-carat pink gold. The case measuring 37.5mm in diameter and 12mm in depth sports an inclined bezel and rectangular push buttons for the chronograph functions.
The brushed silver dial features facetted indexes again in 18-carat pink gold in all but the 3, 6, 9 and 12 o’clock positions. An Arabic 12 in applied metal appears above the original-style OMEGA symbol and legend. Sunken guilloche totalizers are the 30 minute at 3 o’clock, 12 hour at 6 o’clock and a continuous seconds counter at 9 o’clock.
The outer edge of the dial bear some interesting features being
- an outer minute and seconds track that is graduated to 1/5th second intervals with black Arabic markers at 5 second intervals
- a tachometer scale in blue
- an outermost pulsometer in red which is graduated to 30 pulsations
To complete the dial of this very fine and exceptional timepiece are Feuille or leaf hands in pink gold with the central chronograph seconds hand and hands for the totalizers in black.
Power is derived via the Lemania-based, manually-wound OMEGA Cal. 321 with rhodium plating, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber and self-compensating Breguet balance spring. The OMEGA 1940s chronograph was presented on a leather strap with a gold-plated OMEGA buckle.
Pictures – antiquorum.com
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