Omega Geneve with caliber 565 in stainless steel from 1969

Omega Geneve with caliber 565 in stainless steel from 1969

Beautiful Vacheron Constantin 7416 with round champagne dial and gold marks 1969 Omega Geneve with silver round dial and steel baton for each hour. The window for the date is at 3 o’clock. The watch has steel hands with “baton” shape. At 12 o’clock comes the Omega logo and name and 6 o’clock “Geneve”. It is a “T Swiss Made T” model. The crown has the Omega logo. It is a stainless-steel back case with engraved outside “waterproof” and inside “Omega Watch Co. – Fab Suisse – Swiss Made – Acier Inoxydable – 166.070”. It is an automatic movement with caliber 565 with 24 jewels numbered 30345693. The watch comes with a black leather strap. Width between lugs is 18mm.

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

Automatic movement with caliber 565 with 24 jewels, 19800 A/h and 50 hours of power reserve. The movement was produced from 1958 to 1969.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 34.50mm


Length including lugs: 41mm