1424

About the Omega 1424

It is 18.2 mm across and 2.45 mm high with 9 jewels, rhodium-plated, and carries an end-of-battery indicator: when the cell runs low the seconds hand starts jumping four seconds at a time, so the change can be made before the watch stops. The battery lasts about three years. The 256 family is the ETA quartz base behind a great many Swiss ladies' watches, and Omega's version differs in finish and adjustment rather than mechanism.

In the library it sits under 21 Seamaster Diver 300M references, the 28 mm quartz model, 13 Aqua Terras, 4 Constellations and 3 Seamaster 120Ms. The 28 mm case accounts for 19 references and the 30 mm for 8.

The 1538 is the larger quartz with date in the 36.25 mm and 41 mm Seamaster, and the 1376 the two-hand quartz in the Constellation.