OMEGAMANIA

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Apr 15, 2007

LOT 293

?TORINO 2006 SET?

A set of three fine and rare, limited edition wristwatches comprising one Seamasters and two Speedmasters created for the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics.

(1) Omega, ?Speedmaster, Co-Axial, Chronometer, torino 2006?, No. 1, movement No. 78057341, Ref. ST 178.0016. Made in a limited edition of 26 examples in 2006. Very fine and rare, asymmetric, self-winding gentleman?s stainless steel wristwatch with split-seconds chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, date, pulsometer, tachometer, lap timer, and Omega stainless steel deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted, box, Certificate of Authenticity, and a 3-year Omega guarantee.
C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, integral crown and pusher guard, pusher at 10 for the split-seconds, bezel with tachometer graduated to 300 UPH, screweddown case back, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone, satiné silver, with polished blued steel baton indexes, outer minute/ seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions in black, outermost pulsometer with red Arabic numerals, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, applied blued steel Omega symbol, date aperture at 6. Luminous blued steel ?broad arrow? hands. Blued steel chronograph split-seconds hands, one with multicolored ?Olympic Rings? counterpoise. M. Cal. 3612, C.O.S.C. certified chronometer, rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes?, and ?oeil-de-perdrix? decorations, 38 jewels, co-axial escapement, free-sprung ?Omega? balance, shock absorber, blued steel double column wheel for the chronograph. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 44.5 mm. Thickness 16.5 mm.
2) Omega, ?Seamaster, Automatic, Chronometer, torino 2006?, No. 1, movement No. 78108255, Ref. ST 378.1111. Made in a limited edition of 206 examples in 2006. Very fine and rare, self-winding gentleman?s stainless steel wristwatch with chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, date, pulsometer, and Omega stainless steel bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted, box, Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year Omega guarantee.
C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, olive pushers, screw-down case back, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silvered with applied blued steel dart indexes and luminous rectangles, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, outermost pulsometer with red Arabic numerals, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, applied blued steel Omega symbol, date aperture at 6. Luminous blued steel ?broad arrow? hands. Blued steel chronograph hand with multicolored ?Olympic Rings? counterpoise. M. Cal. 3301, rhodium-plated, 33 jewels, straightline lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14.5 mm.
3) Omega, ?Speedmaster, Automatic, torino 2006?, No. 1, movement No. 59548076, Ref. ST 375.0048. Made in a limited edition of 2006 examples in 2006. Very fine, asymmetric, self-winding mid-sized stainless steel wristwatch with chronograph, 12-hour and 30- minute registers, pulsometer, and Omega stainless steel bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted, box, Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year Omega guarantee.
C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, integral crown and pusher guard, bezel with tachometer graduated to 300 UPH, sapphire crystal. D. Matte silvered with applied steel baton indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, outermost pulsometer scale with red Arabic numerals, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30- minute registers, applied steel Omega symbol. Luminous black ?baton? hand. Steel chronograph hand with multicolored ?Olympic Rings? counterpoise. M. Cal. 3220, rhodiumplated, ?fausses-côtes? and ?oeil-de-perdrix? decoration, 47 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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This set of three watches was created in a limited edition in 2006 to celebrate Omega?s return to Olympic timekeeping. Omega has an unparalleled history in sports timing. First named Official Timekeeper at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932, the company?s expertise in sports timekeeping and its ability to deliver precise and reliable results led to their appointment as Official Timekeeper for a total of twenty-one Olympic Games over the course of the 20th century. The renewed relationship between Omega and the Olympic Games is highlighted in each of the ?torino 2006? Olympic Collection chronographs by the five interlocking colored rings that so famously represent the Olympic Games.