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Omega
Ref. 33 Lemania
A rare stainless steel single button chronograph wristwatch, with hack feature, issued to the Royal Canadian airforce
- Estimate
- CHF5,000 - 7,000
CHF9,063
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Omega
- Year
- 1960
- Reference No
- 33 Lemania
- Movement No
- 1'317'306
- Case No
- RCAF HA-60-336- 6W/16 S, the inside caseback stamped 33
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Manual, 2221
- Bracelet/Strap
- Later NATO style
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless Steel
- Dimensions
- 36mm. Diameter
- Signed
- <em>Movement and Case back signed Omega Watch Co, outside case back with Military markings </em>
- Accessories
- Accompained by <em>Omega Extract</em> from the <em>Archives</em>
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present watch is a single button chronograph wristwatch with hack feature supplied to the Canadian Air Force. The watch is fitted with the Calibre 2221 and the case back is engraved with military markings. Only a small number of single button chronograph wristwatches were supplied to the Royal Canadian Air Force. In fact there are two versions known, HA-60 (like the present watch) with a diameter of 36mm and HA-62, measuring 38mm in diameter.
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.
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