A great week part II - Omega "Exact Time" Table Clock

tdn-dk
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Last week was one of the better ones

Landed two Clocks I have been looking for for a while

The other one is a not so common Omega "Shop Window/Display Clock" for dealers.

Reference 5008, caliber 53.7 SC with 100 hours power reserve from the early 1960's

Very heavy +2 kg!!

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Beautiful clock and very high on my list of Omega clock gotta-haves 😀
 
Tony C.
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A beauty - congrats! I have a rather rare Mido that I could sell, if anyone is interested... 😉
 
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tdn-dk tdn-dk
Last week was one of the better ones

Landed two Clocks I have been looking for for a while

The other one is a not so common Omega "Shop Window/Display Clock" for dealers.

Reference 5008, caliber 53.7 SC with 100 hours power reserve from the early 1960's

Very heavy +2 kg!!

1.JPG 3.JPG 04C0CAD2-CDA1-43A6-BE80-BEF3A3B4B087.jpeg 8C9B4671-AFB4-4F40-A2F5-F4B42B21B347.jpeg
 
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tdn-dk tdn-dk
Last week was one of the better ones

Landed two Clocks I have been looking for for a while

The other one is a not so common Omega "Shop Window/Display Clock" for dealers.

Reference 5008, caliber 53.7 SC with 100 hours power reserve from the early 1960's

Very heavy +2 kg!!

1.JPG 3.JPG 04C0CAD2-CDA1-43A6-BE80-BEF3A3B4B087.jpeg 8C9B4671-AFB4-4F40-A2F5-F4B42B21B347.jpeg
I don’t know anything about wall clocks. Is this battery operated or manual wind? Too bad you can’t have automatic! Ha
 
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Too bad you can’t have automatic
I’m pretty confident I don’t want my walls moving. Specially not enough to wind an automatic wall clock.


@tdn-dk Absolutely stunning clock!
 
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I find it funny that Omega didn't sign the movement that they put in the giant Omega clock 😁
 
Olhenry56
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Beautiful. What is the approximate diameter of that movement? I suppose the smaller knob is for setting the time?
 
OMTOM
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The extract from AJTT mentions that there were two versions with this manual calibre: in addition to the reference 5008 was the 5011. The 5011 on the left in this image. Beautiful clocks.

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I find it funny that Omega didn't sign the movement that they put in the giant Omega clock 😁

They are signed.
 
OMTOM
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The 53.7 SC (which dates from 1954) was a Lemania movement. This may be the reason that some of the movements are not signed.

This is a similar situation to the different (famous!) 53.7 chronograph - which dates back to 1932. This was when Lemania joined Omega and produced the most successful split seconds calibre (used in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics). This was produced into the ’50s with some of the movements being signed Omega and some Lemania (which can be confusing because the movement numbers follow (either) Omega (or) Lemania numbers.
 
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The 53.7 SC (which dates from 1954) was a Lemania movement. This may be the reason that some of the movements are not signed.

This is a similar situation to the different (famous!) 53.7 chronograph - which dates back to 1932. This was when Lemania joined Omega and produced the most successful split seconds calibre (used in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics). This was produced into the ’50s with some of the movements being signed Omega and some Lemania (which can be confusing because the movement numbers follow (either) Omega (or) Lemania numbers.

I have tried to google the 53.7 in the ref. 5008 and all of them I checked are signed like mine and no Omega logo.
 
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