1970 Omega Geneve Manual on Omega Fixo Bracelet 135.041

Here we have a 1970 Omega Geneve Manual on a rare Omega Fixo Bracelet 135.041 with a 34.5mm tonneau stainless steel case. The case flows over your wrist with a lug-to-lug length of 40.5mm and a case thickness of 9.5mm, ensuring a comfortable fit on your wrist. On the right side is a signed coin-edged crown. A domed crystal sits above a sunburst silver dial. Applied steel baton indexes with black painted centres mark the hours. Slender sword hands have luminance tips complemented by a tapered second hand. At 12 o’clock, we have an Omega motif, and at 6 o’clock, “Geneve” completes this attractive timepiece. On the reverse, a screw-down case back. Inside a manually wound Omega Cal. 601, 17 jewels, 19,800 beats per hour. It comes paired with a rare uncut 19mm Omega Fixoflex sprung bracelet, ref:1122, which will fit up to a 7.4-inch wrist.

This watch is sold as "Watch Only" and, therefore, comes with no original Omega box or Omega papers. It comes paired with its original rare uncut 19mm Omega Fixoflex sprung bracelet, ref:1122, which will fit up to a 7.4-inch wrist. The watch is from Circa. 1970 and is in worn, vintage condition, as seen from the photos. However, the watch is in fair condition for its age, and the dial is completely original and never touched. The watch comes with our 12-Months NON-Waterproof Warranty.

Usually, I would take off and put aside these 'Fixo'/sprung bracelets as I'm not a fan at all, but when you see a big Omega logo on it you can not do such a thing! These bracelets have become increasingly rare to find and they fit very few references, this being one of them, so when I came across this watch with this original uncut bracelet I had to pick it up. A manually wound Omega on an original fixo bracelet for this price, yes, please!

Reference : 135.041
Movement : Manually Wound Omega Cal. 601
Age : Circa. 1970s
Year : 1970
Case Size : 37mm
Case Thickness : 12mm
Lug to Lug : 43mm
Lugs : 19mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box and Papers : None
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : 12 Months NON-Waterproof Warranty
The wrist model's wrist size is 7inch

They were 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 WW1, 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's 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 the first choice of astronauts. 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, and their production started 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, it officially rebranded itself from SMH to the Swatch Group. Then, in 1999, they purchased and integrated Breguet into the Swatch Group.