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A recent request, a little available time, some gorgeous sunny Easter Sunday . . . . the current SOTC

It seems I like chronographs . . . .

Top Row (321 calibres, rattrapantes, tuning fork)
1940s Lusserna (Macy's) manual, SS/leather, white face (Lemania 2310/27 CH)
1960 Omega Seamaster chronograph, 14kGP/leather, xxx (321)
1967 Omega Chronograph 101.0009, SS/leather, silvered/two register (320)
1960s Dubey & Schaldenbrand Index-Mobile Rattrapante manual, 14kGP cap/leather, chronograph ()
2001 Omega Speedmaster Split Seconds ST 377.320/3540.30 auto, SS/SS, silver/X-33 case (3600)
1974 Omega Speedsonic 388.0800 tuning fork, SS/SS, mirror gray/tuning fork chrono (1255)

Bottom Row (Speedy Pros, Mark V)
1998 Omega Speedmaster Professional 1957 Replica ST 345.0222/3594.50.00 manual; SS/SS; black face/chronograph (1861)
2003 Omega Speedmaster Professional 3578.51.00 manual, SS/SS, Snoopy dial/caseback (1861)
2007 Omega Speedmaster Professional 50th Anniversary Patch 311.30.42.30.01.001 manual, SS/SS, black w/patch/chronograph (1861)
1972 Omega Speedmaster Professional Mark II 145.014 manual, SS/SS, black racing dial/chrono (861)
2000 Omega Speedmaster Professional X-33 3290.50.00 (Gen 1) quartz, TT/TT, Analog&LCD/multifunction (1666)
1985 Omega Speedmaster Mark V ST 376.0806 auto, SS/SS, black/Teutonic (1045)

Top Row (first auto chronos [Heuer & Zenith], dress chronos)
1991 Omega Louis Brandt II chronograph 5331.30 auto, 18kYG/leather, white Clous de Paris guilloche/decorated mvmt (1158)
1970 Heuer Carrera auto, SS/leather, blue/early auto (Buren 12)
2007 IWC Portuguese Chrono-Automatic 371417 auto, SS/leather, white with blued numerals/hands (79350)
2002 Zenith ChronoMaster T 02.0240.410/21, SS/SS, triple date/moonphase double chrono (410Z)
2003 Chronoswiss Chronoscope CH1521R, 18kRG/leather, silvered face (C125)

Bottom Row (Seamasters & my first Omega, the Day-Date Speedy)
1988 Omega Seamaster Polaris 1/100th 382.1231/2493 quartz, 18kYGSS/18kYGSS, black/chronograph-date (1670)
2003 Omega Seamaster Professional Chrono-Diver 2298.80.00/TI 378.0514.400 auto,TT/TT, blue wave/date-double chrono (1164)
2006 Ebel 1911 Chronograph auto, SS/SS, white/in house chrono movt (137)
1997 Omega Seamaster Professional Chrono-Diver 2296.80.00/TL 378.0514 auto,TT/Tant/RG, blue wave/date-double chrono (1164)
2004 Omega Speedmaster Triple Date 3523.30 auto, SS/SS, silver/triple date-chronograph-24hr (1151)

Of course, I forgot one. Here it is paired with the other date/moonphase chronograph I own, the Zenith

1986 Omega Speedmaster Teutonic Moon ST 345.081 manual, TT 18kYG/TT 18kYG brushed, white/moonphase (866)
2002 Zenith ChronoMaster T 02.0240.410/21, SS/SS, triple date/moonphase double chrono (410Z)

Upon reflection (and counting watches), apparently I like "time only" (2- and 3-handed watches) watches even more; I have more of them than chronographs

The earliest "time only" watches were pocket watches

Front side closed

Front side open

Back side closed

Back side open

1904 Omega grade DD 21 jewel size 16 pocket watch, YGP14k 25 year, white porcelin/chronometer grade (19'")
1913 Omega Pocket Chronograph, /0.900 Silver, White enamel/15 minute (19'")
1917 Omega (Everts) 21 jewels size 12 pocket watch, YGP14k 20 year, white porcelin/chronometer grade (17’”)
1919 Omega size 21 jewels 12 pocket watch, 14kWG, silver/chronometer grade (17’”)
2007 Calibri skeleton pocket watch, SS, 5 part SS case (?)

Here's the group shot of the wristwatches

Top Row (1930s and War Years)
1928 Longines, GGP14k/leather, white (13.34)
1934 Omega Cushion manual, nickle/leather, silver/subsecond (26.5 SOB T1)
1934 Omega Tank CK 891 AL manual, SS/leather, white face/subsecond (20F)
Cufflink from Fontmelon FHF40s, a popular 1940s ladies movement, offsetting the WWII era watches
1943 Omega 30 T2 CK 2905 manual, YGP14k/black leather, black redial/subsecond (30 T2)
1944 Omega manual; 18kYG/leather; gold/subsecond (28)
Cufflink from Fontmelon FHF40s, my mother-in-law has a watch with this movement given to her by her late husband in 1945

Second Row (Post-War 1940s and 1950s)
1947 Omega US Collection F 6212 bumper auto, 14kYGF/leather, Art Deco white/subsecond (28.1 RA PC)
1948 Omega Centenary OT 2500 auto 1, 18kYG/leather, gold face/Jubilee watch (30.10 RA PC AM JUB)
1949 Omega Automatic Chronometre OT 2514 auto, 18kYG/leather, gold redial/gold indices index reg. (343)
1952 Omega hybrid N 6555 manual, 14kYG/leather, black face/subsecond (302)
1953 Omega Seamaster Deluxe OT 14324 auto, 18kYG/leather, hooded lugs/chronometer (352)
1956 LeCoultre/Vacheron Galaxy manual, 14kWG/leather, white/mystery dial 37 diamonds (480CW)
1959 Omega Seamaster 9068 auto, 14k YG/leather, white applied indices/chronometer (505)

Left Side Foreground (Swatches & 1970s/1980s novelties)
1985 Tissot Rockwatch quartz, marble/leather, green marble/sweep second (xxx)
1979 Lanco Astrolon auto (with a completely plastic movement!)
1995 Swatch Golden Sixties auto, plastic/plastic, open gold/sweep second ETA 2842)
2001 Swatch Irony Diaphane skeleton auto, plastic/leather skeleton face (ETA 2841-1)

Center Foreground on and in Sterling Silver Box
1981 Omega La Magique 191.8523Z quartz, 18kYG/leather brown/mystery dial (1357)
2004 Tourneau cufflink quartz, 14kYvermeil, white/sweep second
1956 Omega Constellation De Luxe OT 2799 auto, 18kYG/18kYG mesh, mirrored gold/sterling box (354)
1958 Omega Constellation Grand Luxe OT 2930 auto, 18kYG/18kYG, mirrored stepped gold/brickworks (505)
2004 Tourneau cufflink quartz, 14kYvermeil, white/sweep second
1984 Omega Louis Brandt manual, 18kYG/leather, gilded open/7 diamond crown (626)

Right Side Foreground
1960s Audemars Piguet UltraThin auto, 18kYG/brown leather, gold face (AP 2120/JLC 920)
1998 Omega De Ville Prestige Tonneau 4653.31 auto, 18kYG/leather, white sunburst/jump hour (1221)
2000 Blancpain Villeret Ultra-Thin 0095-1318-55 Auto, SS/leather, white/thin auto (Blancpain 1153)

If you will indulge me, I liked some other photos I made of the "center box" and some of the watches in it above

The sterling silver box accompanied the 1950s era Constellations Deluxe and Grand Luxe. The omega on the box is visible through the transparent center of the 1981 La Magique.

There are three other "time only" watches in my collection now in possession of others: a early Gruen Curvex, a 1950s Blancpain with a dubious heritage and a Steinhausen

I also have watches with dates, and as watch historians know, they all came after WWII

Top Row (1950s and 1960s)
1952 Omega Seamaster Calendar CO 2627 auto,14kGP/SS, white face/date @ 6 (353)
1961 Omega Constellation CK 14393 auto, SS/SS grains of rice, black pie pan/date (561)
1964 Omega Seamaster De Ville KL 6610 auto, 14kYG/leather, white crosshair/date (560)

Second Row (Modern Omegas)
2006 Omega De Ville coaxial 4531.31.00 auto, SS/SS silvered white/brickworks chronometer (2500B)1991 Omega Louis Brandt II Date 5311.30 auto, 18kYG/leather, white guilloche/21k rotor (1119)
1968 Omega Seamaster WG Day Date BC 168.0023 auto, 18kWG/18kWG, silver/chronometer expansion bracelet (751)
1991 Omega Louis Brandt II Date 5311.30 auto, 18kYG/leather, white guilloche/21k rotor (1119)
2007 Omega Deville Hour Vision 431.30.41.21.02.001 auto, SS/SS, silver face (8500)

Front Row (VCs)
2003 Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Self Winding 42002/000J-9021auto, YG18k/leather, "sunray" guilloche (1312)
2004 Vacheron Constantin Malte Large Calendar auto, 18kYG/brown leather, white/dual window date (1204)

There is one missing, in possession of a forum member considering it for purchase.

Next up, two of my three alarm watches (one at a watchmakers, apparently permanently)

1960s Baume & Mercier 2131 manual, 14kYGF/leather, gold guillouche face, 2 crown alarm (AS 1475)
1970 Omega Seamaster Memomatic ST 166.0072 auto, SS/leather, gray-black/minute alarm date (980)

GMT, or multiple time zone watches; three of my four (one at a watchmakers, apparently permanently)

2007 Omega De Ville coaxial GMT 4533.31.00 auto, SS/SS silvered white/brickworks GMT chronometer (2628)
1952 Tissot Navigator, 14kYG/leather, world timer function, (28.5 N 21 T)
2003 Omega Seamaster GMT 2538.20 auto, SS/SS, white GMT (1128)

Triple date or full calendar moonphase watches are a particular favorite of mine; again, one is absent at a watchmaker

2002 Omega Museum 1951 Cosmic 5701.80.03 auto, 18kRG/leather, blue/triple date-moonphase (2601)
1983 Omega Phase de Lune Or BA 156.0002 auto, 18kYG/leather, engraved silvered/ moonphase triple date (715)
1960s Enicar Ultrasonic auto, SS/leather, white/moonphase full calendar (Venus 91)

Perpetual calendars, in order of acquisition and complexity (and humor was intended)

1970 Wittnauer '2000' auto, SS/leather, blue/perpetual calendar display (?)
1991 Omega Louis Brandt II Perpetual 175.0200 auto, 18kYG/black leather, white Clous de Paris guilloche/decorated mvmt (1116)
1990s Jaeger-LeCoultre Odyesseus Quantieme Perpetuel 166.1.60 auto, 18kYG w/RG/black leather, enamel (889/440/1)

My dear wife has a small collection as well, which includes some vintage mens watches

Top Row
1924 Omega ladies OJ 716 AI manual, 14kYG/green lizard, gold aged (23.7 T2)
1946 Patek Phillipe Reference 1432, 18kYG/black leather, charcoal ()
1963 Omega Deville 561.007 auto, 18kYG/leather white/square (671)
1970 Omega De Ville Ladymatic BA 751.0253 auto, 18kYG/18kYG textured, gold face (661)
1996 Concord Delirium ladies quartz, 18kYG/18kYG, thin (?)
2002 Omega Constellation ladies 1498.75 auto, SS diam. bezel/SS, silvered w /diam. 50th anniversary (2520)

Bottom Row
1930 Patek Philippe Calatrava Reference 448, 18kYG/9kPG, Tiffany gold face lattice bracelet (11'")
1951 Omega ladies manual, 18kYG/leather, white applied markers (244)
1957 Omega Ladymatic 2940 auto, SS/SS, white/1st ladies rotor auto (455)
1966 Omega Jewelry manual, 18kWG rectangular/18kWG, silver/backwinder 8 diamonds (690)
1989 Continental Geneve quartz, BMG/BMG, (xxx)
1996 Concord Mariner ladies quartz, 18kYG SS/18kYG SS (?)2004 Cartier Santos Galbee 2139 automatic, SS-YG/SS-YG, guilloche face (200)

Quartz that I once wore

Data models/multifunction (I missed my Tissot T-Touch, a very cool watch which is currently in my car)

1990 Casio Flip Top Data Bank IA-1000 quartz, BMG/leather, white/ PDA multifunction (Casio 727)
1981 Omega Equinoxe 386.0813 quartz, SS/SS, reversible chronograph/timer analog/digital (1655)
1996 Timex Data-Link 150S quartz, BM/leather, multicolor/LCD-PDA multifunction

Typical date or time only quartz

1989 Seiko H601-5430 quartz, BMG tank/leather, white/ digital-analog alarm-chronograph (H601/SBJ)
1972 Omega F300hz 198.0045 tuning fork, 14kYGP/leather gold-brown/day-date chronometer (1260)
1983 Certina quartz, matte black BM gold trim/leather, gold/date (ETA 955412)
1977 Omega Constellation Quartz Chronometer 398.0854, SS-YGP14k/SS-YGP14k, black/quartz chronometer (1343)

And I have a box full of quartz and project watches; many of the quartz just need a battery, but my wife no longer wears her character watches

Only two of these made it into the inventory . . . .

That about it

1970s Seiko
2002 Casio Pathfinder ATC-1200 quartz, plastic/plastic, LCD/multisensor-multifunction (1170)

SOTC April 2010

Sam aka Hewybaby