OMEGAMANIA

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

LOT 205

?SPEEDMASTER PROFESSIONAL KM TELEMETER?

Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional?, No. 25447907, Ref. ST 105.012-63. Sold on March 18, 1968. Very fine and rare, asymmetric, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, km telemeter scale and a stainless steel Omega buckle. This watch is sold with a box, a Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year Omega guarantee. Property of a South American Gentleman To be sold without reserve

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

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

Sold: CHF 8,260

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, integral crown and pusher guard, black bezel with km telemeter scale, lyre lugs, screw-down case back with Speedmaster logo. D. Black with luminous painted baton indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, outermost 1/5th second divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous white ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 321, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 2

Very good

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The present lot is unusual in that it bears the name ?Speedmaster Professional?, which was first used on the Ref. ST 145.012. This is due to the delivery date, 1968, which is late for this reference. Omega no doubt placed the most up-to-date dial on the watch at the time of delivery. It is extremely rare to find this reference with telemeter scale. Ref. ST 105.012-63 The ST 105.012 series of references was launched in 1963 and was the first ?Speedmaster? with the distinctive asymmetrical case and lyre lugs.