99th Auction

2019/5/11

Lot 137

Omega, Swiss, Movement No. 12780880, Cal. 262, 50 x 45 mm, 104 g, circa 1952
A chronometer movement in an aluminium block observatory case with extract from the chronometer archives by Andreas Hidding
Case: steel, glazed movement. Dial: enamel. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, Guillaume balance.
This Omega chronometer movement was submitted for testing at the Geneva observatory in 1966 and achieved a score of 57.20 points, i.e., position 33 of 126 chronometers. The seconds dial still bears the marker of the visual check. The movement was adjusted by André Brielmann, one of the most famous regleurs at Omega.

Sold

estimated
3.2004.500 €
Price realized
4.000 €