Omega De Ville Chronograph 1968

An extremely rare De Ville Chronograph by Omega, a true classic with black/grey dial, all original hands, and case in great condition. Reference number 145.017, serial number 27742575, dating it to 1968. The dial is simple and elegant with a soft matte finish, bevelled, polished chrome hour batons, and at the 3 and 9 hour marks, two sunken subdials for the 30 minute register and the seconds hand respectively, which sit seamlessly in the dial, with the seconds hand through the centre being the stopwatch hand. The watch comes on a grey/brown leather strap with a distressed effect, which suits the case and dial well, especially with the nice patina on the hands and indices. The original, manually wound calibre 860 movement, which is the two subdial version of the 861, runs smoothly and keeps accurate time, with the chronograph functions resetting sharply, and can be both started and stopped by the upper pusher and reset via the lower pusher. It is currently receiving a full service and a clean and polish of the case, the pictures shown are pre-restoration, more pictures to follow! The case measures 40mm in length from the lugs, 35mm in diameter not including the crown or pushers (38mm including), 19mm between the lugs, and 12mm in depth.