A lesser known Swiss
Omodox — from the Lengnau watch factory
Omodox advert from the '70s, Source: Davoine Vol. IV
Omodox was founded by Uhrwerke Lengnau (Lengnau watch factory) around 1946. Lengnau (Postal code 2543, refer to image 2), now a municipality under the district of Bienne in Switzerland, transformed from a farming village to a watchmaking town during the 19th century. This town is now the headquarters of some fine Swiss watchmakers including Rado.
Coming back to Omodox, their watches gained popularity in the European countries and also were being imported to Brazil, Argentina and our India. It stopped the watch production somewhere in the early ‘70s. In 1986 the brand was sold to Delma Watch Limited and they owned the trademark for 30 years.
The watch features an FHF calibre 67, specifically the 21 jewels variant. The case back includes many texts among which the “antimagnetic” seems the most interesting to me. Apparently, it’s the hairspring that’s antimagnetic, well to a greater extent than the normal steel ones. This calibre uses a Nivarox grade 1 hairspring that contains around 48% cobalt giving its blue colour.
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References
Brand history: relojes-especiales.com
About Lengnau watch factory: www.nnwatches.com
Omododx trademarks: www.mikrolisk.de
Omodox TM owned by Delma: branddb.wipo.int
Delma's current ownership: www.delmawatches.com
Details about FHF Cal. 67: 17jewels.info
FHF Cal. 67 specs sheet: watch-spares.com
About Nivarox hairspring grades: www.phfactor.net
Source of the advert: doc.rero.ch