OMEGA De Ville Prestige Tonneau Jumping Hours - Reference 16 - Lot 138

OMEGA De Ville Prestige Tonneau Jumping Hours - Reference 166.1230. Automatic jumping-hour wristwatch in steel. Barrel case, smooth bezel, Omega logo on clip-on caseback. Copper dial, baton hour markers and applied Arabic numerals, baton minute track, skeletonized apple minute hand, hour window at 12 o'clock, applied logo. Movement: mechanical self-winding. Caliber 1221 23 jewels 28,800 vibrations - Numbered 60288008 (circa 1999). Case, dial and movement signed. Case dimensions: 31 x 35.5 mm. Integrated Omega steel bracelet with Omega folding clasp - Reference 1507. When we think of Omega, we forget the complicated models the brand has developed, including this jumping-hour watch. A horological complication first used in 1830 by a French watchmaker named Antoine Blondeau for a prestigious client: King Louis-Philippe I. This complication arrived at a turning point in watchmaking, the democratization of watches. The purpose of this complication was to make it easier to read the time, thanks to the reading aperture. Introduced in 1996, the De Ville Prestige Tonneau range offers watch lovers a dressy gentleman's watch, and for this 3713-piece reference, a beautiful complication.