This Watch

A delightful, Mixed metal Gold & Steel Omega Seamaster De Ville Date reference 166.020 from 1966.  An excellent, Fully original example of a tried and tested favourite from the 1960s.  This Omega De Ville has a stunning all original silvered dial with gilt mixed arrow markers and straight, gilt hour, minute and central seconds hands, as well as the date function at 3 o'clock. Note the baton markers have an unusual lume insert cutout along with the onyx ,quite a rare configuration .This piece has a gold bezel surrounding the glass and gold wrapped around the strap lugs. A front loading model with Hippocampus logo , Giving you the option of the gold look without the solid gold price.

The De Ville is one of our favourite, classic 1960s vintage watches and one of our top classic vintage Omega sellers.  The 34.5mm, monocoque, front-loading case is swiss made and signed Omega, and the watch has an original Omega-signed glass.  Inside is a barely used, Omega caliber 562, fully serviced by us and running strongly.  We've paired this watch on a simple black leather grain strap, But it looks great dressed up on brown, blue or anything of your choice.

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Founded by Louis Brandt in 1848, Omega started out as La Generale Watch Co., an unassuming, but international business. It wasn't until 1885, when the company had been taken over by Louis' sons, that the first mass-produced caliber, the Labrador, was released. By 1903, the company had renamed itself Omega and only two years later were they the official timekeepers at many sporting events across Switzerland. Omega stepped onto an international stage in 1932 as the official timekeepers at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the first of over 20 Olympic Games. Omega were one of the 12 companies, now known as the Dirty Dozen, commissioned to produce watches for the British Military during the Second World War. One of Omega's most iconic watches, the Seamaster, was introduced in 1948 to celebrate their 100th anniversary. Over 70 years later, it is still one of Omega's best selling watches. Omega made headlines in 1962 when Wally Schirra wore the Speedmaster as part of NASA's first crewed spaceflight programme, making the Speedmaster the first watch to enter space. It was only a few years before the Speedmaster became the official chronograph for the American space missions and was worn by Buzz Aldrin as well as the Apollo 13 crew. Omega are still involved with NASA and have been instrumental in creating vital pieces of equipment for space exploration. Omega's reputation continued to soar in the 1990s with Omega Seamaster.

The watch comes fully serviced by our on-site workshop and with our 12 months, non-waterproof service cover.