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Omega. A fine and rare stainless steel open face keyless lever military watch with luminous numerals and hands, made for the Ceylon Army
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Omega. A fine and rare stainless steel open face keyless lever military watch with luminous numerals and hands, made for the Ceylon Army

Signed Omega, G.S.T.P., YO6722, CEYLON ARMY”, ref. ML 1140, movement no. 10’014’845, manufactured in 1944

Closed13 November 2017

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Omega. A fine and rare stainless steel open face keyless lever military watch with luminous numerals and hands, made for the Ceylon Army
Signed Omega, G.S.T.P., YO6722, CEYLON ARMY”, ref. ML 1140, movement no. 10’014’845, manufactured in 1944
Movement: cal. 38.5 T1, manual, 15 jewels, signed
Dial: signed
Case: snap-on back, engraved “G.S.T.P. /YO6722 / CEYLON ARMY” and with broad arrow mark, 51 mm. diam., signed
With: Omega Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with white enamel dial with luminous indexes, caliber 38.5 T1 movement, caseback with Ceylon Army and date of sale on 8th August 1944

Specialist note

Made for the British Military during World War II, the present watch is engraved with the Broad Arrow mark and G.S.T.P. for “General Service Time Piece”, the issue number and “Ceylon Army”. Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka), was a British Crown Colony between 1802 and 1948.

Another watch of the same reference is illustrated in: Omega, A Journey Through Time, Marco Richon, 2007, p. 235.