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OMEGA WORLD TIME REGULATEUR SOLID SILVER WATCH 1933

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This triple signed Omega world time regulateur is a great time piece. The original Omega 0.900 solid silver case has been converted to wrist watch and has one back lid. The Omega dial has been professionally restored and has the New York hour at 12 o'clock, London at 3 o'clock, and the second hand at 9 o'clock; minute hand is centered. The original Omega mechanism is powered by a manual winding/time setting crown and has 15 jewels with a 35,5 L-T1 cal. Overall, this timepiece is working condition. Mechanism serial: 7686882 signed OMEGA Case serial: 8080398 Solid Silver 0.900 (engraved) with symbol 'OMEGA –SWISS MADE – FABRICATION SUISSE' its stand for Authenticity of Omega Case diameter: 47mm Case lug to lug: 57mm Case thickness: 13mm _gsrx_vers_417 (GS 6.0.5 (417)) History The wrist watch conversion started in the nineteenth century, when soldiers discovered their usefulness during wartime situations. Pocket watches were clumsy to carry and thus difficult to operate while in combat. Therefore, soldiers fitted them into primitive “cupped” leather straps so they could be worn on the wrist, thereby freeing up their hands during battle. The role of the wristwatch seems to have come full circle. With the general public now leaning toward high-tech, digital gadgets, the classic mechanical wristwatch has once again found its home on the wrists of those brave soldiers who welcomed it some 100 years ago. Louis Brandt started researching and developing pocket watches in 1848 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The quality of workmanship and attention to detail would foreshadow the watches that would later carry the Omega name. Brandt continued making watches there until 1877, when he formed Louis Brandt & Fils company with his oldest son, Louis Paul. Louis Paul and his brother Caesaer moved the company to Bienne two years later. It remains there to this day. Innovators in every way, the Brandt brothers were the first swiss watch makers to use the divided assembly line. Allowing quality watches to be mass-produced, this process also allowed the prices of the watches to be moderated as efficiency improved. The company went through several name changes through the years--Louis Brandt & Frere (1891), Louis Brandt and Frere-Omega Watch Co. (1903), Omega, Louis Brandt & Frere (1947), and Omega Ltd in 1982. Through all of this time and through all of the name changes, the pride in quality of workmanship remained in the Omega watch. While accessible to the general public, the Omega watch has an outstanding history. Omega first mass-produced the pocket watch in 1894. By 1902 Omega introduced the first wrist watch. Omega has been the proud official timer of no less than 21 Olympic Games. Omega watches were designated the official watch of American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts. The Omega watch was the first watch to be worn on the moon. Neil Armstrong made that the case in 1969, and later by all Apollo crews. On Sep-04-10 at 17:47:15 PDT, seller added the following information: Sellers: Delight buyers. Get your own map of past buyers.

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