1962 Omega Geneve 9ct Gold Crosshair 34mm 13332 Box & Papers

Here we have a 1962 Omega Geneve Crosshair 34mm 13332 Box & Papers featuring a 34mm 9ct Gold case that subtly curves over your wrist with tapered lugs, it's slim profile, and curved flanks lead to a lug-to-lug length of 40.5mm and a case thickness of just 8mm, ensuring a comfortable fit. On the right side, a coin-edged crown and a smooth, chamfered-edge bezel hold a domed crystal above a two-tone silver and white Crosshair dial. An outer minute track surrounds facet-edged gold indexes marking the hours. Elegant, Dauphine hands are complemented by a crosshair subdial. At noon, we find the Omega motif and “Geneve” printed underneath, completing this simple, sophisticated dress watch. On the reverse, a plain case back, inside a manually wound Omega Cal. 267, 17 jewels, beating at a leisurely 18,000 beats per hour. It comes paired with a suitable 18mm leather strap and pin buckle. This watch is sold with its original Omega box and paperwork.

This watch is sold with its original Omega box and paperwork. It comes paired with a suitable 18mm leather strap. The watch is from January 1962, and is sold in worn, vintage condition. Overall, it is a lovely original example, as you can see from the photographs, the case back has wear and age. The watch comes with our 12-Months NON-Waterproof Warranty.

It has been a little while since I have had one of these beautiful vintage Omega Geneve, reference 13332, come my way, and this one happens to be one of the nicest I've had in 9ct yellow gold and also comes with its original box and paperwork, making it quite a rare gem. Powered by the manually wound Omega calibre 267 and cased in a 34mm 9ct yellow gold case, this really is a treat to wear and looks fantastic on a variety of straps. I would not hesitate to snap this up today whilst you can, the value for money on these is ridiculously good!

Reference : 13332
Movement : Manually Wound Omega Cal. 267
Age : January 1962
Year : 1962
Case Size : 34mm
Case Thickness : 8mm
Lug to Lug : 40.5mm
Lugs : 18mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box and Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : 9ct Yellow Gold
Warranty : 12-Months NON-Waterproof Warranty
The wrist model's wrist size is 7inch

Formerly known as the La Generale Watch Co., founded in 1848 by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds. When he died in 1879, his sons carried on his dream. In 1880, they moved to 96 Rue Jakob-Stampfli, where they remain today. The brothers produced their first mass-produced calibre, the Labrador. In 1885. Just a few years later, in 1892, they produced the first minute-repeater. In 1903, they renamed the company Omega until 1982, when they officially changed their name to Omega SA. During World War I, Omega watches were used as official timekeepers for the Royal Flying Corps and the US Army. In 1930, Omega and Tissot merged together to form Société Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogère (SSIH). In 1931, another group was formed - Allgemeine Schweizerische Uhrenindustrie AG (ASUAG). Where SSIH was primarily French-speaking, ASUAG was founded by the more German-speaking members of the Swiss watch industry. In 1948, they introduced the first edition of one of its most symbolic watches: the Seamaster. Omega first introduced the Constellation in 1952. At the time it was Omega's flagship timepiece. The first models had a Cal. 354 bumper movement in them. Later in 1955, Omega introduced the Automatic Cal. 50x, followed in 1959 by the Cal.55x (no date) and 56x (date) versions. Many of the Constellations came with pie-pan dials, diamond indexes, and fancy lug configurations. All the gold Constellations of that time have the Observatory of Geneva hand-engraved on the back. The stainless steel and stainless steel/gold versions had a gold medallion on the back with the Observatory of Geneva. The eight stars above the Observatory stand for the many exploits of Omega in the world Chronometer competition. Celebrating the fact that all Constellations are Chronometer Certified. In 1962, when astronaut Wally Schirra wore a Speedmaster on his Mercury Sigma 7 Mission, making it the first Omega watch to enter space. After rigorous tests, NASA used Omega for all their Apollo missions, including the 1969 Moon landing of Apollo 11. Today, Omega is still an astronaut's first choice. In 1969, President Nixon famously said it was “too valuable” and turned down the first-ever all-gold Speedmaster Professional Deluxe. As a response to the ever-growing threat of electronic watches to the manufacturers of mechanical watches, Omega and many Swiss brands such as Rolex and Patek Philippe formed Centre Electronique Horologer (CEH). Prototypes began to appear in 1967, with their production starting in 1968. Then In 1972, Omega introduced the reference, 198.030, which included the Omega calibre 1250, a ‘tuning-fork electronic movement which was made under licence from Bulova. Later we saw a merger of SSIH and ASUAG into SMH, or Société de Microélectronique et d’Horlogerie. This merger took place in 1983. In 1992, the company acquired Blancpain, and in 1998, they officially rebranded themselves from SMH to the Swatch Group. Then, in 1999, they purchased and integrated Breguet into the Swatch Group.