Omega Naïad "Medicus"
This has just arrived. Omega's first "standard" waterproof watch. Gasket in the back and a cork gasket in the crown tube. Their first center second movement cal. 23.4 SC, called Medicus because doctors could measure the time accurate with the large second...
Superb find. What a watch! From the dial to the movement without forgetting the case, top
Nice! Bravo. And thanks for the very interesting documents, too. Best, Nicolas
Outstanding watch ...
Are you really sure that you don't own a time travel device? Congratulations, Nilo
Snap!
Almost. Mine has certainly seen better days, but it runs well and those hands are a treat. Beautiful piece. Regards, Baruch ...
Fantastic Omega!
Thanks for sharing and awesome you have the historical documents too. The only thing I would change is make it Ø 39 mm and add an A/R glass. ...And I always sigh; why can't they make classic pieces like this in 2015? Enjoy, -- Richard.
I wonder about that, too, Richard, and the only reasonable answer . . .
. . . I can come up with is that the machine tools (and to some extent, materials), as well as the extent of skilled labor, used to produce watches have changed markedly since then. To replicate Thomas' watch today in precisely the same way it was made th...