6,600 CHF
Pair of F. I.C. Olympic Timekeepers Omega, Swiss, “Federazione Italiana Cronometristi”, No. 2110797 & No. 3297935. Made for timing Olympic events, in the late 1950's. Fine and rare, pair of chromed 30-second split-seconds stopwatches with instantaneous 30-minute registers. To be sold without reserve White with the F.I.C. and Olympic logos, concentric seconds and fifths of a second tracks with outer black Arabic numerals 1-30 and inner red numerals 30-60, subsidiary 30-minute register. Blued steel and red hands. 24’’’, Cal. 1210, frosted gilt, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, high frequency monometallic balance, selfcompensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 65 mm. Notes Provenance: Renzo Sartorio, official timekeeper for the Federazione Italiana Cronometristi at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-10-04
