21,240 CHF
“CHRONOMÈTRE – GRADE VERY BEST” Omega, “Chronomètre”, No. 5983741, case No. 7575881, Ref. OV 241 YV. Sold on November 30, 1929. Very fine, rare and important, hunting-cased, 14K yellow gold keyless pocket chronometer, one of a series of 300 pieces made in 1921. Accompanied by the original fitted box and a “Bulletin de Marche, Epreuve de Première Classe” from the Observatoire de Bienne, dated August 27th, 1929. This watch is sold with a Certificate of Authenticity and 2-year Omega guarantee. Four-body, “bassine”, hinged gold cuvette engraved “Chronomètre Omega”. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, painted Omega name and sign in black and the words “Chronomètre” in red at 12 o’clock. Cal. 43.15 S Very Best, rhodium-plated, “fausses côtes” decoration, 23 jewels, most in screwed gold chatons, safety pinion, bimetallic cut compensation balance, adjusted to 6 positions and temperatures, blued steel Breguet balance spring, eccentric cam micrometer regulator, gold wheel train. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 52 mm. Property of a Swiss Collector Notes The present watch cost 1,085 Swiss francs in 1929. By way of comparison, that same year Tiffany & Co. sold a Patek Philippe minute-repeating perpetual calendar pocket watch with moon phases, split-second chronograph and 30-minute counter for 2,835 Swiss francs, and a standard 18K gold hunting-cased pocket watch with 20’’’ movement could be bought for 385 Swiss francs. The fact that
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-04-15
