OMEGA, CONSTELLATION REF. BB 168.005, A GOLD WRISTWATCH WITH PORTRAIT SHEIKH ISA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA

Made as a special order for governments or prominent royals to mark important events or milestones, these “Arab dial” timepieces were never available for public consumption in retail stores. It was common practice among Gulf royals to gift watches with their signature or the official coat-of-arms on the dial. Eventually these watches found their way into the secondary or vintage market after those that received these watches sold them on.

The present timepiece belongs to an exceedingly small series of Omega Constellation commissioned with the portrait of Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, the former Emir of Bahrain. Offered in excellent overall condition and accompanied by an Extract from the Archives confirming the production of the watch in May 1967 and its subsequent delivery to Bahrain.