OMEGA, YELLOW GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET ‘CONSTELLATION’, WITH PORTRAIT OF SHEIKH ISA BIN SALMAN AL KHALIFA OF BAHRAIN, REF. 168005/6



Details

CIRCA: 1960s
CASE MATERIAL: Yellow gold
CASE DIAMETER: 34 mm.
CASE NO: 168005/6
BRACELET SIZE: Approx. 165 mm. overall length
BRACELET MATERIAL: Yellow gold, unsigned
DIAL: Silvered, diamond-set with portrait of Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa of Bahrain
MOVEMENT: Automatic
MOVEMENT NO: 25389037
FUNCTIONS: Date
BOX: No
PAPERS: No


Lot Essay

Made as a special order for governments or prominent royals to mark important events or milestones, these 'Arab dial' timepieces were never available for public consumption in retail stores. It was common practice among Gulf royals to gift watches with their signature or the official coat-of-arms on the dial. Eventually these watches found their way into the secondary or vintage market after those that received these watches sold them on.
The present timepiece belongs to an exceedingly small series of Omega Constellation commissioned with the portrait of Sheikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, the former Emir of Bahrain.