zOwie Omega Discussion Forum

Dear Steve, thanks for your reply
1) It surely is intended for "industrial timing".
But why with a button that needs to be rotated for Start / Stop? I've tried it with both hands (first left, then right, of course...) but it's absolutely impractical.
2) You're right in stating that the center hand does one rotation per minute, divided in 100 steps
3) Yes, I've asked Omega Vintage Services, but they haven't replied yet.
4) Feel free to use these pics, but please let me know where & when and "credits to..." would be highly appreciated.

: Maybe this watch wasn't designed to
: "record" a time, as in press the
: button (stop the hands) & read the time.

: Maybe the main purpose of this watch was to
: quickly reset & then carry on running.
: eg at 1 quarter of a minute, hit the reset
: & immediately start running from zero.

: With a normal watch, you'd need to use 3 button
: pushes for this. 1 stop, 2 reset 3 restart.

: I can't think of a real situation where you
: would need this feature, but I would imagine
: it is more used for timing machines or work
: steps.

: I assume that the large centre hand rotates
: exactly once per minute & the smaller
: dial counts "real" minutes.

: I have to admit that I don't usually follow
: stopwatches, but a watch that break a minute
: down into 100ths can't have been used for a
: sprting event ( or similar). I can only
: imagine it has a purely
: "industrial" use.

: Anyone else ?

: Thanks for sharing the watch with us Bert. Have
: you tried asking Omega Vintage Information ?
: maybe they can provide some definate
: answers.