OMEGA CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH 1940S

Brand

Model

Production year

Case

Diameter

Dial

Movement

Buckle

Provenance

Description

Omega

Stainless steel chronograph wristwatch

Circa 1940

Round, snap-on back, signed

32 mm

Two-tone silvered, Arabic numerals, two subsidiary dials for 30 minutes and seconds, telemeter and tachymeter scales, signed

Mechanical, cal. 28.9CHRO T2, signed

Stainless steel pin buckle, signed

By direct descent to the last owner

This Omega stainless steel chronograph, dating from the early 1940s, is a remarkable example of military and sporting watchmaking of its time. The two-tone silvered dial, featuring black Arabic numerals and both telemeter and tachymeter scales in red and blue, remains beautifully preserved and is signed Omega. The subsidiary dials for continuous seconds and 30 minutes complement the manual-winding movement, the caliber 28.9CHRO T2, one of Omega’s most refined chronograph calibers of the era.

The watch carries a deeply moving history: it belonged to a young Air Force lieutenant who tragically died at the age of 23 in a flying accident on March 1, 1940, while piloting a Morane-Saulnier MS-405. Since then, it has been carefully preserved by his family, along with a piece of the aircraft’s wing and his dress gloves, which will accompany the watch to its new custodian. Two newspaper articles dated March 1 and March 2, 1940, reporting on the air crash, are also included.

A rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with tachymeter and telemeter scales, signed by Omega, featuring an original fab. Suisse dial in excellent state of preservation — a timepiece of both horological importance and poignant historical provenance.