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Lot Essay
With Omega brown leather presentation box.
According to the Archives of Montres Omega, the present watch was sold to Germany on 19 May 1939.
This watch is an extremely fine and rare example of Omega's celebrated pilot's chronograph watch, featuring a brown-coloured dial which over the years has changed from black to a warm chocolate brown. The watch is furthermore preserved in very good original condition.
This charismatic aviator chronograph wristwatch model inspired Omega to launch a reproduction in 2003, the so-called "Officer's Watch", watch number 3 from the Museum Collection.
The model is described and illustrated in Omega - A Journey Through Time by Marco Richon, p. 533, the re-edition on p. 499.
According to the Archives of Montres Omega, the present watch was sold to Germany on 19 May 1939.
This watch is an extremely fine and rare example of Omega's celebrated pilot's chronograph watch, featuring a brown-coloured dial which over the years has changed from black to a warm chocolate brown. The watch is furthermore preserved in very good original condition.
This charismatic aviator chronograph wristwatch model inspired Omega to launch a reproduction in 2003, the so-called "Officer's Watch", watch number 3 from the Museum Collection.
The model is described and illustrated in Omega - A Journey Through Time by Marco Richon, p. 533, the re-edition on p. 499.