10,350 HKD
Omega, Swiss, made for Kirby Beard & Co. Ltd, Cadran Breveté S.G.D.G., circa 1910.Fine silver double face keyless watch with chronograph, 15-minute recorder, tachometer and telemeter for 1 to 5 minutes base. Three-body, massive, “bassine”, polished with glazed back. White enamel on the front with Arabic numerals for hours and minutes, sunk 15-minute recorder and outer 5 telemeter scales. White enamel chapter ring on the rear face with tachometer scales calculated for 7 and 180 km. on the base of 1000 and 100 metres. Gold “spade” hands. 22’’’, gilt brass three-quarter plate, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index. Chrongraph with visible work, released by a button on the winding crown.Signed on the dial.Diam. 57 mm. Notes Known as chronotachymètres, these watches were patented by Omega in 1906 and often retailed by Kirby Beard.A similar watch is illustrated by Marco Richon in Omega Saga, Fondation Adrien Brandt, Bienne 1998, p. 79.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2000-06-05
