44,840 CHF
BASIL II, “LE BULGAROCTONE” Omega, Ref. 792.18, No. 4431567, case No. 5172301. Made in February 1914 for the Swiss National Exposition in Berne where Omega won the “Médaille d’Or”. Exceptionally fine, unique and important, 18K yellow gold and enamel exhibition dress watch. This watch is sold with box, Certificate of Authenticity and a 2-year Omega guarantee. Four-body "bassine et gouge", decorated bezels with a royal blue champlevé decoration with red and blue enameled dots, the back with translucent champlevé enamel portrait of Basil Il the Bulgar-slayer, after the original by Kekaumenos, painted in 1019, against a chased cloudy ground. Gold cuvette engraved “Omega, Grand Prix Paris 1900”. Matte solid gold dial with Art-Nouveau Arabic numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds, at the center a polychrome enamel angel. Blued steel "cathedral" hands. Cal. 18’’’ LOCCs, gilt brass, 17 jewels, 8 in screwed gold chatons, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring micrometric index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 49.5 mm. Property of an Italian Collector Notes This watch is illustrated in Omegamania, by Marco Richon, Chapter 10, p.679. The decoration of this watch is drawn from a polychrome painting of an incunable done by Kekaumenos in 1019, representing Basillio Il Bulgaroctono. Basil II the Bulgar-Slayer (Basileios II Boulgaroktonos) (958 – 1025) was Byzantine emperor from January 10, 976 to December 15, 1025. Under his re
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-04-15
