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REFERENCE 146.010 CHRONOSTOP A STAINLESS STEEL MONOPUSHER CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH DATE AND BRACELET, CIRCA 1968
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February 5, 06:06 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Omega
REFERENCE 146.010 CHRONOSTOP
A STAINLESS STEEL MONOPUSHER CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH DATE AND BRACELET, CIRCA 1968
Dial: anthracite
Caliber: cal. 920 mechanical, 17 jewels
Movement number: 28'442'589
Case: stainless steel, screw-down case back
Closure: stainless steel Omega bracelet with folding clasp
Size: 40 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 175 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: yes
Papers: yes
The Omega Chronostop was introduced in the mid-60s with the unusual feature of a sideways-oriented dial, designed to be worn by drivers on the inside of the wrist. It utilizes a 60-second chronograph mechanism operated by a single pusher, ideal for timing laps or quarter-mile times while keeping both hands on the steering wheel.
The mono-pusher stopwatch is started with the initial press of the pusher, then it is pressed and held to freeze the orange hand and read the seconds. When the pusher is released, the totalizer returns to zero.
The Chronostop was built with two separate movements, caliber 865 and 920. The former has no date, the latter does, and that is the only difference between the two. Both movements were made exclusively for the Chronostop and were not used in any other Omega watch.