Omega Ranchero CK2990 Broad Arrow Hands and Archive Extract fn-sold this mechanical alarm watch was

this mechanical alarm watch was ground breaking upon its release in the late 1940s

Either side of the top sub dial there are day and month cut-outs with the text in red

Rolex never made their flagship dress watch - the Day-Date – in steel

which features twisted lugs

which is red and adds a nice splash of colour to the dial

Omega Ranchero CK2990 Broad Arrow Hands and Archive Extract fn-sold this mechanical alarm watch wasThe Portuguese connection The Omega Ranchero was possibly one of the shortest run Omega tool watches in the brands history. Introduced in 1958, it was only available for two short years and struggled to keep up with the Seamaster, Speedmaster and Railmaster, making it a very rare watch indeed. Aesthetically, it borrows heavily from its sports watch brothers, with the triangle hour markers, arabic 12, 3 & 9 and most noticeably the broad arrow hands.