This 00 size example was purchased as a loose movement with a replacement high grade snap on dial from Starr & Co. in New York. I commissioned Rolland Fisher to case it in 18K rose gold in a case of his original design with a glass back. The case follows the general lines of the Patek Calatrava case. Rolland cased an additional Patek movement in a very similar case.
The OM model was the highest grade ladies watch ever produced by Waltham and is generally considered to be the highest grade ladies watch ever produced in the United States and perhaps in the world.
Rolland Fischer won the NAWCC watch case crafts competition with his original watch cases and is widely known as a superb goldsmith even though it remains an avocation with him. This case was produced from gold mined by Rolland in Colorado and smelted and alloyed with 25% metallurgical pure copper and 75% metallurgical pure gold. The 18K buckle is finished with Rolland's trademark acorn crest. The strap is an exotic by Frisson.
