Stainless steel OMEGA 'Oversized' dress watch. Made 1943

Stainless steel OMEGA 'Oversized' dress watch. Made 1943Established in 1848 in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, by Louis Brandt, La Generale Watch Co. served as the precursor to Omega. Louis Brandt initially crafted precision pocket watches by assembling components provided by local craftsmen. Due to the remarkable success of the Omega brand, La Generale Watch Co. decided to separate Omega into its own entity in 1903, officially founding the Omega Watch Co. in the same year. The Omega calibre 30T2,

with the crystal hermetically sealed for water resistance up to 30 metres

NASA astronaut Ed White was wearing a Speedmaster

which made its debut at the 1969 Basel Show and became available in 1971

Both had learned the watchmaker's trade after finishing public school together in their hometown of Le Brassus by training at the bench

The OMEGA 30T2 was one of the most famous Chronometer calibres ever made and was designed by René Bannwart who was head of OMEGA’s creation department from 1939 to 1952

Rolex subsequently patented its first successful perpetually self-winding wristwatch in 1932 and the Bubble Back was introduced in 1933 and featured the first auto-rotor of a Oyster Perpetual wristwatch since their inception in 1926

Reference: 78086

Reference: ST 345

polished and brushed case with screw down case back

Unlike the few modern automatics

Dial: Silvered dial featuring baton hands and applied baton hourmarkers with centre seconds

SKU: 3101