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Stainless steel OMEGA 'bumper' automatic wristwatch. Made 1948

Stainless steel OMEGA 'bumper' automatic wristwatch. Made 1948

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Information

    • Brand: OMEGA 
    • Made: 1948
    • Model: Seamaster
    • Reference: 2374/5
    • Calibre: 30.10.RA.PC
    • Movement: Automatic
    • Material: Stainless Steel
    • Features/complications: Bumper automatic movement
    • Dial: Off-white dial featuring an inner minute track with applied mirror polished arrow hour indices and steel Dauphine hands 
    • Case dimensions: 35 mm
    • Bracelet/strap: Leather strap
    • Accessories: -
    • SKU: 03285
  • Essay

    A "bumper" is an early type of automatic movement. Unlike modern automatic movements, where the rotor completes a full 360-degree rotation, the rotor in a bumper moves back and forth in an arc of about 180 degrees, bouncing off springs positioned on opposite sides.