1930s steel rectangular vintage Omega watch (4806)

£1,825.00

Date:           1935

Case:            Stainless steel, 22 x 39mm

Movement: Omega T-17

Dial:             Black Arabic numerals to the quarters

Lugs:            18mm

A fabulous example of a 1930s vintage Omega wrist watch!

A 1935, stainless steel rectangular vintage Omega wrist watch. The curved case measures 22 x 39 mm, with integral 18mm lugs. The case is signed Omega, Acier Staybrite, Fab. Suisse and numbered. The T-17 calibre, manual wind movement is signed Omega, Swiss Made, with 15 jewels, numbered with a protective case. The two-tone, silvered dial, with original patina, has black Arabic numerals to the quarters, with an outside minute track,  subsidiary seconds dial and fine blued steel ‘modernes‘ hands. The dial is signed Omega above the centre.

Omega Calibre T-17 movement

In the early 1930s, Omega introduced their excellent tonneau shaped calibre T-17 as an ideal movement for use within rectangular and other ‘shaped’ cases. The T-17 quickly gained a reputation for reliability and quality and today is one of the watchmaker’s most highly regarded vintage movements. This calibre was specially housed in a protective soft metal, anti-magnetic, movement cover.