47,200 CHF
“SWISS MILITARY WRISTWATCH” Omega, No. 8656712, case No. 6842002. Sold on February 13, 1925. Very fine and equally rare, oversized, silver military wristwatch. This watch is sold with a box, Certificate of Authenticity and 2-year Omega guarantee. Four-body, solid, polished, stepped bezel, concave lugs, silver dust cover with Omega medals. Two-tone silver with painted Dauphine numerals, painted baton indexes for the quarters, outer minute division, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel “épée” hands. Cal. 26.5 SOB T2, nickel-plated, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, bimetallic cut compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 40.5 mm. Thickness 11.5 mm Property of an Italian Gentleman Notes Cal. 26.5 SOB T2 S = Seconds O = Omega caliber B = 15-17 jewels, Breguet balance spring, adjusted to less than one minute per day. T2 = Transformation
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-04-15
