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Omega. A large stainless steel wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, subsidiary seconds and later case

SIGNED OMEGA, MOVEMENT NO. 11'618'696, MANUFACTURED IN 1950

Closed16 November 2009

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Omega. A large stainless steel wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, subsidiary seconds and later case
Signed Omega, movement no. 11'618'696, manufactured in 1950
Cal. 283 copper-finished modified lever movement, 17 jewels, silvered matte dial, Arabic numerals, sweep centre and subsidiary seconds, later added large circular case, snap on back, case, dial and movement signed
39 mm. diam.

Specialist note

According to the Archives of Montres Omega, the movement and the case of the present watch were not born together and have therefore been assembled to a later date. The movement was furthermore modified to feature both sweep centre and subsidiary seconds functions, hence resembling Omega's famous "Synchrobeat" model (for a description and illustration of the stainless steel prototype see Omega - A Journey Through Time by Marco Richon, p. 193, pl. 85).