1939
OMEGA - TISSOT Omega Caliber 33.3 Vintage Large Mens Chrongraph - Stainless
Steel
Rare & Very Collectable - Double Signed
Dial - 1 Year Warranty
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Rare & Historically Interesting - For the Serious Omega or
Chronograph Collector
Omega
Caliber 33.3 Movement -
Double Signed Dial - 1 Year Warranty
Today's auction showcases
this rare and historically interesting Omega - Tissot chronograph
with multicolor and multiscale dial and desirable Omega caliber
33.3movement.
Pleasingly large at 37mm
without the crown with olive shaped pushers and a multicolor dial,
in many ways this watch is the quintessential early pre-war Omega
chronograph. Except what makes this watch particularly rare is
the fact that it is double-signed, signed both Omega and Tissot.
Its fabulous multiscale dial has a red outer tachometer
ring that measures the speed of objects, done especially for aviation
and racing uses and a blue telemeter scale for easily calculating
the distance of phenomena that can be both seen and heard, such
as munitions blasts and thunderclaps. It also has 1/5 markings
for very precise timing for technical and sporting uses.
The Omega 28.9 chronograph was Omega's first true wristwatch
chronograph - the first small wrist chronograph movement made
by Omega in 1932 after the company had merged with Lemania and
Tissot.
Within about a year of its release, Omega switched
course and began introducing watches based on the larger Lemania
caliber Omega 33.3 (Lemania 15CH/Tissot 5778) in 1933 which became
Omega's first well-known chronograph caliber.
This robust and large caliber 33.3 was the predecessor
to the famous caliber 321 (Lemania 2310) and the caliber 861,
fitted to the Omega "moon watch" still used by NASA
astronauts today.
Starting nearly 20 years ago, aided by the popular
Omegamania, Omega signed caliber 33.3 chronographs dramatically
increased in collectability.
Our Omega-Tissot presents very nicely on the wrist.
Its case has one area where
the metal has particularly oxided away around the edge of the
case back between the lugs that can't be seen while it's being
worn and is difficult to see at all with the band installed, and
it has light aging under the lugs. Otherwise, the case presents
very well. Its original-olive shaped pushers are in excellent
condition.
The silver dial, with gold numbers, red outer tachometer
scale and blue telemeter scale shows some aging but still presents
well. It has a true vintage look. Please inquire if you would like
it restored.
One of our Master Watchmakers has disassembled it down to its
last screw and cleaned and oiled it and installed a new correct
stem. We have timed it on a machine that spins the watch in all
directions simulating it being worn on the wrist and it is keeping
time within approx. one second per hour.
For the finishing touch,
it comes equipped with a black textured leather strap making it
ready for immediate enjoyment.
Included with the purchase is a full one-year warranty on the
movement and its function and a custom printed Connoisseur of
Time Certificate of Authenticity.
Available to pair with
it is an uncommon period Tissot box. Please inquire if you're
interested.
A couple of very fine
dual-signed Omega - Tissot chronographs with this movement have
come up for auction in the past five years. Here are links to
their lots: Christies;
Phillips.
Omega-Tissot:
In 1925, Omega and Tissot began an important association with
each other. Shortly thereafter (in 1930 to be exact), the SSIH
Holding Company (Societe Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogere) was
founded with Omega and Tissot as its first members. In the 1930's
the two company's even sold certain watches branded both Omega
and Tissot, like the very rare watch featured.
Note: Amelia Earhart was wearing an Omega caliber 28.9
when she disappeared during her transpacific crossing. And stainless
steel examples were used by the commanders and pilots of the Italo
Balbo air force who used them on trans-Atlantic crossings.
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Timepiece's Finer Points:
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Dial:
Signed
Omega Watch Co. - Tissot, silver, gold painted Arabic numerals,
red tachometer scale, blue telemeter scale, 1/5 second markings
for precision timing, auxiliary dials for the seconds and 30-minute
register
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Crystal:
Acrylic,
excellent condition
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Case: Stainless
steel,
three-body, polished, elongated lugs, large , 37mm wide (excluding
crown and pushers), 44mm long lug tip-to-tip
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Bracelet:
Black
textured leather, remborde, excellent condition
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Movement:
Omega / Tissot caliber 33.3 made by Lemania (15CH), gilt plated,
manually wound, shock-resistant, column wheel chronograph
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Functions:
Hours,
Minutes, Chronograph, Subsidiary Seconds
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Detailed
Appraisal:
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Year built: c.
1939
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Case no.: 917,991
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Model: Caliber 33.3
/ 5778 Chronograph
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Functions: Hours,
Minutes, Chronograph, Subsidiary Seconds
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Designed for:
Men
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Case material:
Stainess steel
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Case condition:
It presents nicely on the wrist. It has one area where the
metal has particularly oxided away around the edge of the
case back between the lugs that can't be seen while it's
being worn and is difficult to see at all with the band
installed, and it has light aging under the lugs. Otherwise,
the case presents very well. Its original-olive shaped pushers
are in excellent condition.
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Dial:
Signed
Omega Watch Co. - Tissot, silver, gold painted Arabic numerals,
red tachometer scale, blue telemeter scale, 1/5 second markings
for precision timing, auxiliary dials for the seconds and 30-minute
register
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Hands: Blue steel
feuilles
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Movement
type: Omega / Tissot caliber 33.3 made by Lemania (15CH), gilt plated,
manually wound, shock-resistant, column wheel chronograph
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Band:
Black
textured leather, remborde, excellent condition
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Crystal:
Acrylic,
excellent condition
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Serviced: One of our Master Watchmakers
has disassembled it down to its last screw and cleaned and
oiled it and installed a new correct stem.
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Timing: Timed on a state-of-the-art computerized
watch system. We have timed it on machine that spins
the watch in all directions simulating it being worn on
the wrist and it is keeping time within approx. one second
per hour.
Your watch is important to us, and we will take care of
it for its lifetime. We provide the best after sale care
in the business with an extremely experienced team of four
Master Watchmakers all of whom each have over thirty-five
years of experience and a large number of parts. One used
to be the watchmaker for an authorized Rolex dealership
and was given special training by Rolex at their Beverly
Hills Service Center.
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Warranty: 1-year international
warranty. Please message us for details.
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Box/Papers: BOX - Connoisseur of Time
watch presentation box; PAPERS - Connoisseur of Time Certificate
of Authenticity
100% satisfaction guarantee. If you are in any way unsatisfied
with the watch we will fully refund the purchase price.
Simply notify us and send it back anytime within 30 days
after it has been received. Our goal is to exceed your expectations
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Connoisseur of Time, Inc.
1000 Peachtree Industrial Blvd.
Suite 6-343
Suwanee, GA 30024
U.S.A.
Phone: eBay does not allow our contact
information to be displayed. Please Google our name and visit
our website if you would like to contact us by phone. It is
listed toward the bottom of our homepage and prominently on
each watch's listing page.
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Operation:
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Closed Saturdays & Sundays.
Our
Selling & Shipping Information:
- 100% satisfaction guarantee for all of our watches. If
you are in any way unsatisfied with it, you are welcome
to return it in the condition it was sold anytime within
30 days for a full refund of the purchase price. Our goal
is to exceed your expectations throughout the buying experience.
We hope you love it!
- The water
resistance of vintage watches can no longer be guaranteed
and is not covered under the watch's warranty. We don't
recommend getting a vintage watch wet - and really don't
recommend showering or diving with it - even one that
was originally designed to be waterproof.
- We have
extensive international shipping experience. In the last
12 years we have safely shipped thousands of high value
watches around the world (to over 70 countries!).
- All items are packaged very carefully and mailed in large
reinforced shipping boxes appropriate for high value items
so you don't need to worry about your watch arriving safely.
Wait until you see how big the box is that your watch
is coming in!
(Please do remember though that while we do our very best
and have careful procedures and quality control inspections
- we will again fully re-test the proper functioning of
your watch after you pay, right before we send it to you
- from time to time
some courier workers don't handle packages the way we
think that they would want their own packages to be handled.
Watches are ultra-precision instruments, and the timekeeping
of most is governed by a small spring that is only about
1/8 the thickness of a human hair.
The vast majority of our watches arrive safely and problem
free. However at times vintage watches
and their hairsprings can be sensitive to rough courier
handling or just having a difficult trip to you.
But even on a bad day there's still good news... We offer
a full one-year warranty on virtually every watch we sell
(unless occasionally specifically stated otherwise), so
if anything happens to it in transit or goes wrong anytime
in the first year, we will gladly repair it for you at
no charge. Yes, even the older vintage watches. So sit
back, relax, and dream about the first place where you're
going to wear your new watch!
- Our official
warranty in many ways mirrors those of a number of the
watch manufacturers and covers the proper timekeeping
of the movement. It does not cover things like abuse,
being dropped, crystals, bracelets, crowns, case parts
etc. or water resistance. While we are the sole determinants
of what qualifies for warranty work.... even if you have
a problem that you don't think will qualify for coverage,
tell us about it anyway. We are here to serve and just
might be able to help you.
- Winning bidders must fully pay within 48 hours of the end
of the auction. After 48 hours the watch will be relisted.
- To be fair to all bidders, we make it our practice not
to end an auction early.
- Because of the high rate of lost items and number of fraudulent
payments, we do not sell or ship to Indonesia or Africa.
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at the end of the auction with the exact shipping cost.
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