It took me a while to remember it.
I've only ever seen it in the 1984 German Catalogue ( as pictured here - from Chucks website )
& there is an example in the museum in Bienne. However the museum example has a fake Quartz window ( Silver aluminum foil stuck onto the dial )
Here are a couple of pics that I took back in May 2004
Notice the different dials ?
in the catalogue pics the sub dials all have the same "layout" ( ie 4 numbers at 12, 3,6 & 9 ) whereas the museum example has the more traditional Speedy layout. Also note that the 03:00 subdial is a 24 hr subdial in the catalogue & appears to be a 30 minute indicator on the museum example - so why do you need the center minute hand ? - dunno ! It looks to me like the subdial minute counter hands is coupled to the centre second hand, since it is halfway between zero & 1 ( as you'd expect when the second hand is at 38 ). Maybe the large central Minute hand was coupled to the digital seconds ?
But then again, why does the catalogue picture show 99 in the digital window ? So it can't be seconds.... 1/100ths of seconds ?... this would make sense since there aren't enough buttons on the case side to operate & reset both a mechanical & digital movements independantly of each other.
I just cannot see the sense of having 2 minute counter hands on a watch.
I also prefer the central minute counter hand on the museum example. I've never seen a hand where the "wings" are swept back like that on an Omega. I think that looks more like a Tissot Navigator hand.
So even though these never got past the prototype stage, there are at least 2 versions out there.
Are we looking at an Original Omega "Jakelope" ?
Regardless of which example you choose to chase, I think you have more chance of finding a motorbike with air conditioning than finding one of these :-)
S.
