Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 19

OMEGA STEEL DE VILLE FLY-BACK STOPWATCH "UNI COC" ITALIAN MARKET MODEL Omega, "De Ville", Ref. 146.012. Made for the Italian market in the early 1970s. Fine and unusual, super water resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round single-button fly-back stopwatch, date and an integral stainless steel Omega bracelet secured by a screw-down ring and with deployant clasp.

One-body, "Unicoc", circular, brushed, wide inclined bezel, flat band, winding crown at 4, single button at 2 for the start and flyback stopwatch, back with screw-down ring to secure the bracelet. Tonal gray with applied steel baton hour indexes, luminous dots, outer minutes and seconds divisions, date aperture. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 920, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, when the chronograph is in function, a press of the single button makes it stop and return to zero in one operation.