jueves, 27 de mayo de 2021

 Omega CK 785 Foibos ( in Greek the shining one)  first issued in 1933, features what would have been at the time quite radical art deco styling in middle of a explosion of good taste and fabulous design,  not only in jewels and dresses,  also cars, furniture,  architecture and industrial design. 



A true Art Deco classic, this stunning 1934 vintage Omega  is a beautifully designed and manufactured timepiece, fully stylish,  amazing trendy,  the porcelain dial is a transitional selection between hundreds years of  heritage in pocket dial watches, and the new painted dial trends.( Some version of the same reference model have painted sector dial) This nice dial has sharp, black hour markers, minute track and sub-seconds at 6:00, blue steel nice designed hour and minute  hands. All the hands are original for this model, including the blue steel  second hand.

The case design is very unique with a neatly inset crown and boxy/cubist style lugs holding the 18mm watch strap. The case measures 31mm in diameter excluding the crown,  considered a typical men's size watch back  in the 1930's. Another good example is Patek Philippe's highly sought after 30mm diameter Calatrava. 

Inside the back is fully signed Acier Staybrite, Omega, Fab Suisse, Swiss Made, case number 8709577, dated this case before 1935, when the Omega cases started with 9000000 upward.
Also the movement number is 7949617, corroborating this dating in 1934, over 8 million movement numbers correspond over 1935.
The aptly named Foibos was a small range manufactured in the middle  1930s that celebrated its "special" stainless steel case.

The watch is run by the Omega in house  caliber 26.5SOB, hand wind and extreme reliable engineer success.

















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