The vintage-styled Omega Number 9 Milestone 1941 watch is a breath of fresh air in –let’s face it– a long line of elegant but dull and not particularly inspiring modern timepieces sold under the Omega brand.The Omega Number 9 Milestone 1941 is based on a 1938 CK 2080 reference model that was especially popular among high-ranking officers of the pre-war time. Therefore, it is coming in a rather small (but very comfortable) 38 mm round case made of polished 18-karat white gold.

Presumably referring to analogue cockpit gauges of the time, the Number 9 features rather broad “Rolex” hour hand with enough SuperLuminova to light a small bedroom.Being a part of the Swatch Group, Omega doesn’t need to buy “vintage” or “historic” movements from early 1960s. Instead, the Swiss watch maker equips the Milestone 1941 with a modern COSC-certified OMEGA calibre 3203 with co-axial escapement. The hand-wound column-wheel chronograph movement also features a free sprung balance wheel and is reserved exclusively to this very model.

Omega plans to limit production of the Number 9 at mere 1941 watches.

Omega Number 9 Milestone 1941 Museum Collection watch specification

Price range: N/A

Movement: Caliber 3203, hand-wound, co-axial escapement, free sprung balance wheel, COSC-certified

Complications: Chronograph

Power reserve: N/A

Case material: Polished white gold, 18ct

Case shape: round

Case size: 38 mm

Case height: N/A

Dial: Black with two subdials and a telemetric scale

Hands: Skeletonized

Water resistance: N/A

Strap: Leather

Crystal: Sapphire