Swiss brass and glassball watch with costume made dial Circa 1910

Brass open faced keyless lever
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A Swiss brass and glassball form watch with animated dial by Omega Bienne/Biel, circa 1910. A glazed case back with a modern, custom-made painted, animated dial, the scene showing two biplanes flying in a cloudy sky, the propeller of one being mounted on the axis of the small second. A coloured painted enamel dial with Arabic numerals and blued steel hands. The movement has a lever escapement. Signature on the movement.
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Diameter: 65 mm
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Weight: 410 g
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Signed: Omega  Bienne/Biel
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Very often, clocks in the shape of glass balls are in fact assemblies made at an undetermined time, with old movements. These clocks come in various sizes. The concave shape of the two glasses used, which are in fact very thick, has the main quality of visually enlarging the movement and the dial.