For sale we have a neat and well-designed Omega 9ct gold ladies dress watch dating to 1972. It is a squircle shaped case, square with cut corners, resembling a TV shape of the era. The dial is a neat Linen finished Champagne tone, with gold tone applied hour markers. The crown is set with an unsual Tiger eye cabochon. Inside is a manual wind cal 485 movement which is working well with classic rose gold tone finishing. It sits on a period New Old Stock Omega strap with Omega buckle.
 
The centre piece of the watch is the dial, with its unusual linen cross hatched finish. In a champagne tone this is very elegant, and the finish catches the light well. This dial finish is more desirable due to the texture and complexity it adds to an otherwise minimalistic dial. The hour markers are applied in a gold tone and have a black painted line to the centre which ties in neatly with the Omega signing and the black painted sword hands.
 
The 9ct yellow gold case is a cut corner square, resembling a TV, which is a typically 1970s case design. It is well proportioned, measuring 23.5mm x 23.5mm, with a lug-to-lug measurement of 30.5mm. It has a shallow depth of 6.5mm. It has a thin raised bezel which gently holds the fitted crystal. This falls away to a subtly curved case top, which falls into the flat polished sides. The lugs are thin and clean continuing the subtly curved theme to the top. They are angled downwards to fit the wrist neatly. To the left of the case is a neat coin edged crown with Tiger eye cabochon inset, another very 1970s touch.
The case back snaps into place. It has a polished exterior with a brushed flat circular face. There is a noticeable dent to the top of the crown side. Inside it has Swiss hallmarking for 9ct gold, with the reference 8444-21. 
 
The watch is proudly presented on a period New Old Stock Omega leather strap with gold plated Omega buckle.
 
Inside the case is the Omega Cal 485 movement. It is manual wind, with a jewel count of 17, a frequency of 21600 BPH and a power reserve of 46 hours. The service history is unknown, however the movement is in good condition keeping acceptable time. It has a daily gain of +45 seconds a day.
 
This is a neat TV cased 9ct ladies dress watch, with an uncommon and attractive linen dial and tiger eye cabochon crown. Sitting on a new old stock omega strap and buckle from the period, this is an excellent little dress piece which is ready to be enjoyed.
 
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A further condition report is below.
 
Dial: 
The dial is in good original condition. It is a Champagne tone with linen finish. There is some light speckled ageing. The applied hour markers have light corrosion associated with age. 
 
Hands: 
The hands are original. They are of a sword style in a gold tone which is black painted. There is no loss of paint. The hands have some slight scratching to the centre.
 
Glass: 
The acrylic crystal is in very good original condition with no obvious marking.
 
Crown: 
The crown appears to be original and is gold plated, inset with a Tiger eye cabochon. There is wear to the gold plating. 
 
Case:
The front of the two-piece case is 9ct gold. It is squircle shaped, being square with rounded edges. A raised bezel holds the crystal, with polished case sides and straight lugs. There is light surface scratching consistent with ageing, with some deeper dented marks to the crown side.
 
Caseback:
The case back is formed of 9ct gold and is signed internally, 9k gold with Swiss hallmarking. 
It is a snap on back, with a polished outside and a circular flat brushed face. It has a dent to the top corner on the crown side. It has light surface scratching associated with ageing. 
 
Strap: 
The strap is a New Old Stock period Omega leather strap with gold plated Omega buckle. It will fit up to a 7.25” wrist diameter.
 
Movement: 
The movement is an Omega Cal 485. It is manual wind, with a jewel count of 17, a frequency of 21600 BPH and a power reserve of 46 hours.
 
The service history is unknown, however the movement is in good condition keeping acceptable time. It has a daily gain of +45 seconds, with an amplitude of 270 degrees and a beat error of 0.7m/s.
 
Case dimensions: 
Case width: 23.5mm
Case width with crown: 26mm 
Case length: 23.5mm 
Case length lug to lug: 30.5mm
Case Depth: 6.5mm
Lug width: 12mm