OMEGAMANIA

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

LOT 219

?SPEEDMASTER SPEEDSONIC?

Omega ?Chronometer, Speedsonic, 300 Hz?, No. 38423886, Ref. ST 188.0002. Sold on May 25, 1978. Fine and rare stainless steel tonneau-shaped gentleman?s electronic wristwatch with round button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, tachometer, day and date and Omega stainless steel bracelet with deployant clasp. This watch is sold with a box, a Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year Omega guarantee.

CHF 1,500 - 2,500

EUR 1,000 - 1,600 / USD 1,200 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 3,540

C. Two-body, tonneau, polished and brushed, screw-down case back with embossed ?Seamaster? logo, half-hooded lugs. D. Satiné gray with luminous baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/fifth second divisions, outermost tachometer scale graduated to 500UPH, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Luminous ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 1255, diapason tuning fork for swinging element, frequency of 300 Hz. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 44 x 44 mm. Thickness 16 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 1

As new

Movement: 2

Very good

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. ST 188.0002 Launched in 1973, this watch was the first electronic Speedmaster. This watch was available with gray or blue dial as well as a gold plated version (Ref. MD 188.0002). Although the five ?Speedsonic? references are considered by some to be either a separate line of watches or part of the Seamaster line, in all the official Omega documents as well as the ?Omega Saga? book, they are clearly part of the ?Speedmaster? line.