Omega Seamaster Chronometer 168.024 1969

WRIST ICONS brings you a nice vintage Omega Seamaster Chronometer 168.024 1969. This watch really represents a lot of bang for your buck!

The watch comes in a very nice vintage condition and has a chronometer rated movement housed in a 34 x 42mm case with screw down case back with deeply engraved Seamonster logo, heavy sloped lugs, and acrylic crystal. This Omega Seamaster has a very nice vintage original silver satin dial with applied silver indexes, applied Omega name and logo, and tapered luminous hands.

Please note that this is a chronometer rated Seamaster, as indicated by “Chronometer Officially Certified” designation on the dial. Powered by self-winding calibre 564 movement with sweep seconds, quick set date and signed original Omega crown.

• Model: Seamaster
• Refrence: 168.024
• Serial number: 28727233 (about 1969 production)
• Case: All stainless steel, signed screw back with Hippocampus medallion - Ref. 168.024 - The case is unpolished.
• Lug size: 18 MM
• Crown: Signed crown.
• Crystal: Hesalite crystal with tension ring.
• Movement: Omega in-house calibre 564, 24 jewels,  official certified chronometer - Quick-set date by pushing and pulling the crown.
• Dial: Original sunburst dial with applied baton markers and dauphine hands
• Dimension: Approx. 35 mm across without crown - 37.1 mm with crown - 43 mm lug to lug.
• Bracelet: Omega signed beads of rice bracelet. With all bits and in excellent condition.

The watch was in production for a relatively brief period from the end of1968 to 1969. The serial number of the movement is 28727233

History of the omega Seamaster

The Omega Seamaster is a line of watches that Omega has produced since 1948. That year was the birth year of the Seamaster CK 2518. The model, when released, was to be a tribute to the 100th anniversary of the company. It was loosely based upon designs made for the British Royal Navy towards the end of World War II. The first omega Seamaster reference CK2915 was actually a dress watch that happened to be moisture proof. The original Seamaster's key feature was an O-ring gasket used to provide its waterproof seal. This design had been developed for use in submarines during the war, and turned out to also be useful for watches, where it made them much less vulnerable to temperature and pressure changes than earlier (lead or shellac) based gasket designs. The OMEGA Seamaster has long been the watch of choice for underwater explorers and undercover spies.

Condition

• Very clean and pleasing example, just meticulously serviced and offered with our 1 year warranty of accurate time keeping and operation. A vintage watch we think you’d be proud to own and enjoy wearing for decades!
• Case: Stainless steel, approximately 42 MM lug to lug. The case seems to be in original unpolished conditions with a few nicks and marks, in overall good conditions for a 50 year old watch.
• Dial: Silver, good conditions as shown with little marks
• Crystal: Genuine plexiglass (has Omega symbol on the center )
• -Hands: Original faceted dauphine hand set.
• Service history: Recently overhauled by my watchmaker.

As with all of our pre-owned watches this watch comes with a full 12 month WRIST ICONS warranty that will be invoked from the day of purchase.