9,676 CHF
"GOLD CONSTELLATION STARDUST" Omega, "Constellation, Megaquartz, F 2. 4 MHz", No. 0340, movement No. 34913551, Ref. BA 396.0806. Sold on 14th Jully, 1975. Very fine and rare, large, rectangular and curved, dead center-seconds, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's quartz wristwatch with date and an integral 18K yellow gold Omega bar-link bracelet with deployant clasp. This watch is sold with a box, a Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year Omega guarantee. Property of a Swiss Gentleman Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, case back secured by 4 screws and engraved with Omega logo. Adventurine quartz with painted baton indexes, minute divisions, applied gold Omega symbol on red medallion at 12, date aperture. Yellow gold "baton" hands. Cal. 1510, diapason tuning fork for swinging element, frequency of 2.4 MHz. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 32 x 49 mm. Thickness 11.5 mm. Notes This watch is exceptionally rare in yellow gold. The limited number of caliber 1510 movements produced were used with several references, in steel and gold, with both leather and metal bracelets. All-gold examples, such as the present lot, are exceptionally rare. It is likely that the number engraved on the case back corresponds to this watch’s number within the series of 1000 examples produced. Ref. BA 396.0806 This reference was launched in 1975. Cal. 1510 was launched in 1972. It is the chronometer version of the 1500 caliber, and was made in only 1000 examples.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-04-15
