18ct yellow gold OMEGA automatic 'bumper' wristwatch. Made 1952

18ct yellow gold OMEGA automatic 'bumper' wristwatch. Made 1952A "bumper" is an early type of automatic movement. Unlike modern automatic movements, where the rotor completes a full 360 degree rotation, the rotor in a bumper moves back and forth in an arc of about 180 degrees, bouncing off springs positioned on opposite sides. Brand: OMEGA Made: 1952 Model: Bumper Reference: Calibre: 342 Movement: Automatic Material: 18ct yellow gold Features complications: Bumper automatic movement Dial: White honeycomb dial

SKU: 01388

Dial: Jadeite dial featuring 18ct white gold Dauphine hands

SKU: 2726

reference ST 145

Dial: 18ct white gold set opal dial featuring diamond set quarter markers with 18ct white gold hands

Their obsessive attention to detail combined with ground-breaking feats such as the first serially produced

Cadmium yellow chronograph hands and black and white racing baton hands

While later models contained the calibre 12-400 and were produced in both yellow and rose gold

Also known as the 'Flat Jedi' it remained in production until 1973

Dial: Silvered dial with black printed outer minute track featuring applied 18ct gold yellow gold mirror polished baton markers with subsidiary dials for the day of the month at 3 o'clock

Case dimensions: 23 x 25mm

Calibre: K1050/3