18ct yellow gold OMEGA 'bumper' automatic dress wristwatch. Made 1954

18ct yellow gold OMEGA 'bumper' automatic dress wristwatch. Made 1954

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Information

Brand: OMEGA
Year: 1954
Model: Dress watch
Reference: OT 14.324
Calibre: 354
Movement: Automatic
Material: 18ct yellow gold
Features/complications: Bumper automatic and hooded Lugs
Dial: Silvered dial featuring applied mirror polished hour indices with Arabic quarters, inner minute track with gold sword shaped hands and centre seconds
Case dimensions: 34mm
Bracelet/strap: Leather strap
Accessories: Extract from the Archives
SKU: 01485

Essay

Introduced in 1943, the 'bumper' movement is a self-winding automatic movement. Unlike other variations of an automatic movement where the rotor rotates a full 360 degrees, the bumper movement moves back and forth around 120 degrees. OMEGA found this to be the most effective, due to the rotor ‘bumping’ off a pair of springs on opposite sides of the watch, although not exclusive to the manufacturer.