Swiss watch with chronograph and 30 min. counter Circa 1906

Silver gentleman’s chronograph by Omega
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A Swiss gentleman’s pocket watch with chronograph and 30 minute counter, circa 1906. Silver polished case with pusher for chronograph via pendant. Signed enamel dial with Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds, subsidiary dial for the 30 minute counter at 12, gold spade hands, and centre chronograph hand. Frosted, gilt 4/5 plate movement with finely ground, bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, screw compensation balance, and index spring fine adjusting device.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Weight: 122 g
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Signed: Omega
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Counter
Generally speaking, an instrument that counts and/or records. Chronograph totalizers are counters which indicate the number of revolutions made by the chronograph hand: 30, 45, or 60-minute totalizer / 12-hour totalizer.