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OMEGA. A RARE 18K PINK GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, BRACELET AND JASSIM MOHAMED AL-BAHAR SIGNATURE
Lot 213 OMEGA
Constellation Grand Luxe Presented by Jassim Mohamed Al-Bahar of Kuwait

OMEGA. A RARE 18K PINK GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, BRACELET AND JASSIM MOHAMED AL-BAHAR SIGNATURE

Signed Omega, Constellation, Constellation Grand Luxe model, Ref. 14355SC, movement no. 14’920’784, case no. 11’439’314, manufactured in 1956

Closed13 May 2019

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OMEGA. A RARE 18K PINK GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, BRACELET AND JASSIM MOHAMED AL-BAHAR SIGNATURE
Signed Omega, Constellation, Constellation Grand Luxe model, Ref. 14355SC, movement no. 14’920’784, case no. 11’439’314, manufactured in 1956
Movement: cal. Omega 354, automatic, 17 jewels, signed
Dial: signed
Case: screw back, 35 mm. diam., signed
With: 18K pink gold Omega Constellation bracelet with slide-in clasp, overall length of approx. 180 mm., period presentation box and Extract from the Archives confirming the production of the present watch on 13 November 1956 and its delivery to Barhain.


Specialist note

The present watch can be considered amongst the most desirable Constellation Omega with original specially produced signed dial for a Middle Eastern rulers. It features the signature of Jassim Mohamed Al-Bahar, an important Kuwaiti figure, who presumably ordered this personalized watch to be presented as a gesture of gratitude. The present watch was delivered to Barhain, at the time the distributor to Koweit at the time.

Launched in 1952, the iconic "Constellation" model and its variations in regard to case and dial layout has become a highly coveted collector's watch. It is extensively described and illustrated in Omega - A Journey Through Time by Marco Richon, Chapter 8, pp. 359 - 400.