{"id":4731,"date":"2020-11-12T21:00:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T15:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=4731"},"modified":"2021-03-02T21:16:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T20:16:05","slug":"rare-omega-chronometer-pocket-watch-18k-gold","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/produit\/rare-omega-chronometer-pocket-watch-18k-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Omega Chronometer pocket watch 18K gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Year : Circa 1900<\/p>\n<p>Case : Solid 18K gold<\/p>\n<p>Diameter : 52,5 mm<\/p>\n<p>Dial : White enamel<\/p>\n<p>Movement : Manual winding, &#8220;Chronometer&#8221; quality<\/p>\n<p>Glass : Mineral<\/p>\n<p>General condition : Very good<\/p>\n<p>Guarantee : One year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Omega Chronometers have always been highly sought-after by collectors because of their exceptional quality. \u00a0This is not a standard production : these watches have been developed to be extremely accurate and win chronometry competitions. \u00a0Production costs were high because all the movement parts needed to be carefully finished.<\/p>\n<p>By way of comparison, in 1929, a similar watch was costing 1085 francs in Switzerland, and a standard (not chronometer) 18K gold hunter case pocket watch could be bought for 385 francs.<\/p>\n<p>Solid 18K gold hunter case &#8220;\u00e0 goutte&#8221;, very thick and heavy !<\/p>\n<p>Original enamel dial with the mention <em>&#8220;Chronom\u00e8tre&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>High quality movement with screwed gold chatons, eccentric cam micrometer regulator, bimetallic cut compensation balance and blued steel Breguet balance spring.<\/p>\n<p>A Chronometer pocket watch grade &#8220;very best&#8221; was sold by Antiquorum in 2007 for CHF 21.240 (see last picture).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4733,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[108,115],"product_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=4731"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=4731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}