Omega De Ville Automatic Vintage Watch

The 151.0051 is a 1970's era De Ville that falls firmly within the "experimental" category in terms of design and construction. It is a watch with many diverse influences, from the Gerald Genta penned Constellation C-Case, to the Geneve Dynamic square cases, to jumbo Seamasters like the Ref 168.034. The result is a watch that is actually quite elegant and attractive, with restrained yet distinctive features and quite excellent legibility for an ultra-thin dress watch. One pitfall that many watches from the 70's suffer from is that they can look very much stuck in that era and resemble a piece of retro-futurism as a result of the designer missing the mark in predicting what future watches would look like.The 151.0051 manages to avoid this and look quite modern, helped by the fact that tonneau and even C-case watches have made a bit of a return in recent years, becoming quite a popular design. The ultra-thin Calibre 711 powering the De Ville 155.0051 is the non-Chronometer version of the Calibre 712, and is a very special movement for Omega. The headline figure is the thickness which is only 3 mm. This compares to 3.6 mm in the much newer Calibre 1120 chronometer which is considered to be a very thin movement, and the 4.5 mm thick Calibre 551 which was 0mega's flagship chronometer at the time. Even the famous Jaeger LeCoultre Calibre 920 is only slightly thinner at 2.45 mm. Running at +/- 10 seconds a day and overhauled in September of 2024 this is a must have for any vintage watch lover! Selling for $850. No Trades. Case Size: 36mm (38mm with crown) Case Thickness: 8.9mm Lug to Lug: 36.5mm Lug Size: 19mm

• ConditionGood
• BrandOmega