OMEGA Olympic Counter - Reference MG 1155. - Lot 15

OMEGA Olympic Counter - Reference MG 1155. Steel chronograph counter with split-seconds and manual winding. Round steel case, smooth bezel, internal graduated scale, round push-button, fluted crown, round bezel, screw-down caseback. White dial, black-painted Arabic numeral hour markers, railway and baton minute track, blued feather hands, blued central chrono hand, red split-seconds hand, graduated counter to 30 minutes at 12 o'clock, perpetual seconds at 6 o'clock, painted logo. Movement: hand-wound mechanical. Caliber 201 21 jewels - Numbered: 10829443 (circa 1944). Dial, case and movement signed. Case dimensions: 64 mm. With red protective case - Reference W1739. Omega and the Olympic Games, two inseparable elements. The brand has assisted this event 31 times in the role of timekeeper, bringing various improvements and innovations. This chronograph is a good illustration of this history, as this reference was used at the 1947 Olympic Games in St-Morritz and London. The red hand on this chronograph is the split-seconds hand, a complication for measuring intermediate times. To better protect this tool, it was fitted with leather or plastic protection. Our lot includes a case reference W1739 dating from the 1960s.