Omega 1908 Men wristwatch,  in outstanding conditions for 110 years.

Measure 35,77 mm without crown, and 44,70 mm lug to lug, this is a oversize case for that time, usually 29 mm , 31 mm and 33 mm was the common size in this type of early wrist watches, original wind crown at 9, left hand winding watch, early wristwatches ( 1900 to 1910 ) where used in the right hand, in the inner side of the wrist as you can see in the pictures of the advices from 1907.

This is not a conversion  woman pocket watch, is the first batch of this emblematic Swiss company to change the way to use a watch  after  400 years of  customs and uses history.  Another characteristic of  this early Omega was the absence of sub second  quadrants at 6, maybe because Omega use a Lepine movement and after the success of wristwatches start to develop wristwatches with sub second  quadrants at 6. ( Picture of the very first Omega wristwatch with Arabic numerals from 1902 and also without sub second quadrants at 6) Roman numerals,  porcelain dial in good conditions, with a tiny hairline at 9.

Original blue steel spade hands in extremely good conditions, without oxide and rust. Fixed lugs, the 0,935 silver solid case  was cleansed gently with only  a cloth, it has no scratches or marks, is in mint condition. Silvers cases was the second option in high prices after Gold, over Nickel and steel.

This is a historical watch, caliber 13''' L+S, Breguet blue hairspring,  this caliber was created in 1896, is the early beginning of one of the most famous and Luxury brand watches in the world, impossible to find in these conditions after 110 years, running and ticking like the first time in the beginning of 1900. My watchmaker make a complete overhaul of the watch, he change the mainspring  because was broken , now the new spare unwound in 36 hours of power reserve. Cleaning, lubricate and adjusted, accuracy is impressive, this is really un unmissable opportunity to get this Omega watch, a Museum piece of history.

The watch come with an  new English leather vintage style strap and a NOS Omega Stainless steel buckle. This is a unmisable oportunity to have one of the scarce survivor from the history of one of the most iconic and high end Swiss brand. When we think in others milestones, this watch was produced and start ticking 3 years before the sinking of the Titanic, and was made entire with solid silver so to last a long time, because stainless steel was discovered in 1913. In some way this Omega wristwatch  is a prototype in itself, an innovation, a change of consumption habits, men were still wearing pocket watches, and it was not until after the end of World War I