Omega N6597– Cal 302 – 14K YG – Box - Serviced

The Omega N 6597 is a vintage men’s watch produced in the early 1960’s for the US market. It is a round watch with a light grey dial and gold baton marking each hour. The sub dial for the seconds is at 6 o’clock. I love the preeminence of gold bezel. The watch comes with a gold Omega crown. Snap 14K yellow gold case with engraved outside 14K gold and inside “Omega Watch Co. – N6597 – E98934 – 14K”. There is also a light personalized engraving in the back with “60th – love brothers & sisters – 1/31/1962”. The watch comes with a manual winding Omega movement with caliber 302 and 17 jewels. The serial number is 18414177 and dates the watch to 1961. The watch comes with a brand-new alligator brown Camille Fournet strap. The watch comes with the original box. It is serviced.

History

The story of Omega started in 1848 with Louis Brandt when he opened a “Comptoir d’etablissement” a sales office for sub-contracted watch manufacture. In 1880, the brothers Louis Paul and Cesar Brandt set-up a modern watch production unit. In 1889, the company had a production of 100,000 units per year. The name of Omega only appeared in 1903. Omega has developed amazing movements such as the “Labrador” in 1885. In 1917, Omega provided watches to the British army and in 1918 to the American army. In 1957, the speedmaster professional was born and then selected by the NASA in 1965 as the official timekeeper. Today, Omega continues to demonstrate mechanical innovation and remain one of the most prominent brands in the world of watchmakers.

Technical details

Manual winding movement with caliber 302 with 17 jewels and a frequency of 21,600 A/h and approximately 45 hours of power reserve. The production of this caliber started in 1949. The movement is numbered 18414177.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 34mm


Length including lugs: 38mm