1930 9ct gold rectangular vintage Omega watch
Date: 1930
Case: 9ct gold, 22 x 38mm
Movement: Omega 20F
Dial: Champagne with Arabic numerals
Lugs: 18mm
A fabulous example of a 1930 vintage Omega watch!
A 1930, 9ct gold rectangular vintage Omega watch. The case measures 22 x 38 mm (including lugs) with 18mm lugs and decorative engraving to the sides. The case is signed Omega, Swiss Made, numbered and hallmarked Edinburgh 1930. The manual wind 20F calibre movement is signed Omega, Swiss with 15 jewels and numbered. The dial has fancy black Arabic numerals with a subsidiary seconds dial, an outside minute track and fine blued steel ‘modernes’ hands. The dial is signed Omega above the centre.
Omega Calibre 20F movement
The calibre 20F manual wind movement was developed by Omega in the late 1920s. In an early 1930s catalogue, Omega described the calibre 20 as having “wonderful timekeeping qualities, sturdiness, elegance, style”.
