Omega, Deluxe chronometer clock, 8 days, reference 5506 - Lot 76

Omega, Deluxe chronometer clock, 8 days, reference 5506 Gilded brass case, ribbed on the sides, with matte satin-finish silver dial, railway minute track, lapidary-riveted gilded hour markers and Roman hours, gilded leaf hands. All surrounded by a hand-pierced decoration by Jean-Pierre Matthey-Claudet on a foliage motif on a pastel green Chinese lacquer background. Deadbeat seconds movement, caliber 120 (50.8-D SCS) with chronometric precision, 20 jewels, Breguet balance-spring with 8-day reserve, decorated in copper color. This clock was promoted by period advertisements stating that it was "the only clock with a chronometrically accurate 20-jewel movement with 8-day power reserve." The 59 mm caliber 59 8-D SCS, with 8-day power reserve and jumping center seconds, was patented on August 17, 1942 with the Swiss No. 229234, and published on January 3, 1944 as "the center seconds timepiece". This clock appears in the book "Omega, voyage à travers le temps" by Marco Richon on page 189. Dim. 13 x 13 x 4.9 cm