1087Σ︎
Omega
Ref. 5930.30.01
De Ville Central Tourbillon
A highly rare and attractive pink gold central tourbillon wristwatch with guilloché dial, warranty and presentation box
Full-Cataloguing
- Fresh-to-the-market, numbered 18
- First self-winding central tourbillon wristwatch in the world
- Offered in excellent condition with its original accessories
In 1947, Omega released one of the first tourbillon wristwatches in the world, though it was meant for observatory timing trials rather than commercial sales. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the brand, Omega launched the first self-winding central tourbillon watch, revealed at Basel Fair 1994.
Inspired by Dominique Loiseau’s Montres des Sables pocket watches with the tourbillon cage in the centre of the movement, Moritz Grimm and André Beyner led the project in the making of the watch in 1991. With just 3 years of tight development schedule before the planned release on the anniversary, the team finally introduced the groundbreaking cal. 1170.
Housing the cal. 1170, the present watch is of monocoque construct, in which there is no caseback, and encasement is done from the front. The watch features a titanium tourbillon cage taking form of the Omega logo, underneath are fine hand-engraved details. The dial is decorated with traditional guilloché, with the hours and minutes hands are seemingly floating on the dial by using two sapphire crystal discs, visually similar to Omega “Dinosaure” and Cartier mystery clocks.
The Central Tourbillon was produced in a very limited series, with less than 20 watches each year. This present watch, numbered 18, most likely belongs to the earliest pieces made. Presented in the original leather-bound book-shaped presentation box from its original owner, this impressive timepiece is an unmissable collectible of discerning Omega collectors.
Omega
Swiss | 1848Omega's rich history begins with its founder, Louis Brandt, who established the firm in 1848 in La Chaux de Fonds. In 1903, the company changed its name to Omega, becoming the only watch brand in history to have been named after one its own movements. A full-fledged manufacturer of highly accurate, affordable and reliable watches, its sterling reputation enabled them to be chosen as the first watch company to time the Olympic Games beginning in 1932. Its continued focus on precision and reliability ultimately led their Speedmaster chronograph wristwatch to be chosen by NASA in 1965 — the first watch worn on the moon.
Key models sought-after by collectors include their first, oversized water-resistant chronograph — the reference 2077, early Speedmaster models such as the CK 2915 and 2998, military-issued versions of the Seamaster and oversized chronometer models such as those fitted with their prestigious caliber 30T2Rg.