OMEGAMANIA
Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Apr 15, 2007
LOT 200
?BROAD ARROW?
Omega, ?Speedmaster?, No. 15996292, Ref. CK 2915-2. Sold on 2nd July, 1959.
Very fine and equally rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch
with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Omega
bracelet with deployant clasp. This watch is sold with a box, a Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year
Omega guarantee.
Property of a French Collector
CHF 25,000 - 30,000
EUR 16,000 - 20,000 / USD 21,000 - 25,000
Sold: CHF 106,200
C. Three-body, polished and brushed, tachometer graduation to 300uph on the steel bezel, screwed-down case back. D. Black with luminous painted baton indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, outermost 1/5th seconds, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel ?broadarrow? hands. M. Cal. 321, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 2 |
Very good |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |
Notes
Ref. CK 2915-2
was launched in 1957. This reference is the first generation of the celebrated ?Speedmaster?. In designing it,
Omega sought to create a robust, accurate and easy-to-read chronograph wristwatch. Waterproof to 60
meters, with a shock-resistant and anti-magnetic movement, it quickly gained a reputation among sportsmen.
Pierre Moinat, then head of product development at Omega, conceived of a sports chronograph
with tachymetric scale, whose highly legible indications were inspired by those of Italian sports cars of the
time. The most brilliant feature was the placement of the timing scale on the bezel itself, thereby making
the dial more legible. This idea was later copied by the majority of watch manufacturers.
The name ?Speedmaster? probably comes from the fact that the tachometric bezel makes it extremely easy
to calculate the speed of a moviing vehicle.
This reference is called the ?broad arrow? due to its distinctive hands.