Swiss steel lever dress watch for the Italian market Circa 1947

Steel open faced dress watch
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A large and rare Swiss steel open faced vintage lever dress watch made for the Italian market, circa 1947. Bridge movement, lever escapement, Glucydur screw balance. Two-tone silvered dial with Arabic hours on a polished chapter ring, outer minute and seconds track, an extra-long central seconds hand. Polished, fluted Art Deco-style case with a push back. Dial signed, movement signed and numbered.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Weight: 77 g
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Signed: Omega
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This timepiece is fitted with the legendary calibre 30T2SC. The Omega calibre 30T2 was introduced in 1938. It was considered to be a very adaptable movement and produced in various versions until 1963. The movement only has a diameter of 30 mm but is set up to allow the largest possible sizes for balance and barrel. Because of its quality and reliability, the British government ordered over 110,000 pieces of this model in World War II. To extend the size of the movement of the present dress watch to ∅ 56 mm, Omega fitted it into a wide ring and extended the length of the central seconds hand to the outer edge of the dial.