OMEGAMANIA

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

LOT 15

SPEEDMASTER DECIMAL

Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional?, No. 29607343, Ref. ST 145.022-69. Sold on May 1, 1970. Fine and rare, asymmettric, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman`s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, black bezel with decimal scale, and a stainless steel deployant clasp. This watch is sold with a box, Certificate of Authenticity, and 2-year Omega guarantee.

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,500 / USD 2,500 - 3,300

Sold: CHF 12,980

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, screw-down back with Speedmaster logo. D. Matte black with painted luminous baton indexes, sunk guilloche subsidiary dials for the constant seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions. Luminous white ?baton? hands for the time and orange hands for the chronograph functions. M. Cal. 861, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14.5 mm. From the Collection of Fabrizio Mauri


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 1

As new

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

This watch is very unusual due to the combination of orange hands and decimal scale. The orange hands for all the chronograph functions, enable the user to instantly distinguish between chronograph and time functions.