1,188 CHF
OMEGA JUMPING CENTER S ECONDS DELUXE PRECISION TABLE CLOCK Omega, Swiss, No. 10823939. Made circa 1950. Fine and very rare, square, 8-day going, precision, gilt brass table chronometer clock with jumping center seconds and stop feature for exact setting. Square brushed gilt brass, turned feet, hinged back door with engraved presentation inscription. Matte silvered with applied gilt baton indexes and Roman quarter- hour numerals, outer minute track with Arabic five minutes/ seconds numerals. Gilt feuille hands. Cal. 59.8-D SCS, copper-colored, 20 jewels, indirect center seconds mounted on the backplate, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. DIAM. 13 x 13 x 4.9 cm. Notes The present lot is a “Deluxe Table Clock”. The 59 8-D SCS caliber (59 mm, 8 days, jumping center seconds) was patented on the 17th August 1942 (Swiss patent No. 229234), published January 3rd,1944 under the title (in French) “Timekeeper with Center Seconds
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-03-17
