$2,400
Dead Center Seconds Omega, Swiss, No. 9890912. Made circa 1945. Fine, square, 8-day going, brass and wood desk clock with dead center seconds. Wooden with brass bound corners. Silvered with applied baton and Roman numerals, outer minute track with Arabic 5 minutes/seconds. Gilt feuille hands. Cal. 59.8-D SCS, gilt brass, 20 jewels, indirect center seconds, lever escapement, bimetallic balance, flat balance spring. Dial and movement signed. Dim. 144 x 144 mm. Notes These high-quality center-seconds timepieces were most probably made as a store window display so that potential customers standing in front of the store could adjust their own watches. For a similar example see “Omega, a Journey Through Time” by Marco Richon, p. 192.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-06-18
