Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 256

So called ?Pre-Moon" Omega, "Speedmaster". Made in the early 1960s. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back engraved with the Speedmaster logo and presentation inscription, dust protection cap, tachometer graduation on the black bezel, lapidated lugs. D. Black with tritiumcoated indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 321, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balancespring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm.