Swiss made Pocket Watch - circa 1900
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This is an original, open-face, keyless wind, silver 0.800 Omega pocket watch made in
Switzerland circa 1900.
DIAL: The
white enamel dial has black Arabic Art nouveau numerals with outer minute
divisions and inner red 13-24 hour numbers. The dial has nice golden chased
hands and a subsidiary seconds dial at the six. The dial has a slight hair
cracked. The dial is signed in the upper centre: "OMEGA" and
protected by an original glass.
MOVEMENT: The
high grade fifteen jewels anchor movement has a plain cock with polished steel
regulator and a club foot lever escapement with compensation balance wheel.
Movement numbered:7059839 - The pocket watch is in great working condition,
however we cannot guarantee accuracy for an antique pocket watch. The movement
is decoratively signed "OMEGA".
CASE: The pocket watch lies in a slightly rubbed silver 0.800 open-face case. The inner side of the case is stamped for silver 0.800 and numbered 7748581. The outer side of the cuvette shows different medals and is decoratively signed: "OMEGA, Grand Prix, Paris 1900". (See pictures).
Signed: OMEGA
Made in Switzerland - Circa
1900
Diameter: 51 mm Weight: 91.20
Omega History: The
watch making firm Omega was found in 1848 by Louis Brandt in Le Chaux-de-Fonds,
Switzerland. In 1880, it moved to its current location in Bienne, Switzerland.
At the beginning, the company was not referred to as Omega. The name was later
christened in 1894, when a watch model, the “Omega” was launched. Today, One of
the world’s better known watch companies, they have been the official
timekeepers for the Olympic Games, since 1932 and have also been supplying
American and Russian astronauts with their “moon watch” since 1965 and 1975
respectively. The firm has been a member of the Swatch Group since 1983.