









Omega Seamaster Chronograph reference CK2947 with lightly tropical dial and caliber 321
1950 | Stainless steel | Manual | 35.0mm
The CK2947 occupies a privileged position in the Omega chronograph story. Produced in the late 1950s, it represents the Seamaster line at its most ambitious — a full chronograph built around the calibre 321, the column-wheel movement that would later power the first Speedmaster to reach the Moon. On the CK2947, it arrives in a more elegant guise: a watch that wears its technical credentials quietly, without the sport watch posturing that would define the decade to follow.
Calibre 321 is, by any measure, one of the great chronograph movements of the twentieth century. Its lateral clutch and column wheel mechanism deliver a precision of engagement that later movements would take decades to equal. Finding it in a Seamaster case, paired with a dial of this quality, is not an everyday occurrence.
That dial deserves particular attention. Lightly tropical — the silver surface having developed the earliest stages of that warm, brownish shift that occurs when original lacquer reacts with decades of light and humidity — it sits at exactly the right point: enough patina to confirm its originality and age, not so much as to obscure its beauty. A dial in full tropical transformation is dramatic; this one is nuanced.
Very nice condition throughout. A serious chronograph, wearing its history with complete integrity.
Choose options
SPECIFICATIONS
Reference CK2947
Year 1950
Diameter 35.0 mm
Movement Manual
Dial color Clair
Case material Stainless steel
Bracelet material Leather
Accessories
CONDITION
Case Very good
Dial Good
Movement Serviced
Hands Very good
Crown Very good
Warranty 12 months
Omega

