gran 198 Posted September 4, 2013 (edited) Liste Horlogère Vintage Suisse LABRADOR - Louis BRANDT & Frère Bienne 1985- 1900? OMEGA - OMEGA Watch Co. S.A. LOUIS BRANDT & Frère S.A. (to USA) Bienne Official change of name to OMEGA first in 1903 "Labrador" was a range of pocket watches produced by Omega with high grade movements. Their movements were first labelled Labrador depose and these were also apparently sold to other watchmakers as well. It seems the first versions of this Labrador movement were made around 1884-1885 and later evolved into the famous OMEGA Calibre 19’’’. In 1885 the pallet calibre LABRADOR reached working precision of 30 seconds per day. astonjenks at RWG has made this watch using the original dial, hands and movement from a pocket watch into a wrist watch that is now my property: arrived from the UK today Some other variants of this movement and watches as example. Labrador movement (and a brand) 1989 Labrador movement from about 1885 recased movement Example of recased Labrador A higher precission example of labrador movement Labrador movement in most parts identical to ultra high end Calibre 19''' Skeletonized labrador....probably done recently Marked OMEGA calibre 19''' OMEGA 19''' years 1894-1911 over Omega 19'''HN years 1894-1911more or less identical to the Labrador movement Omega 19'''LOBNN 1911-1919, 1919 renamed to Omega 42.7 Note that position of the large gears depend on wether the winding mechanism is at the top or from the side CCCR ultra high grade calibre19'' Edited September 4, 2013 by gran Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
