OMEGAMANIA

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

LOT 239

?TO MICHAEL ? TIME FLIES?

Omega, ?Speedmaster, Automatic?, No. 55983595, Ref. ST 175.0032. Given by Omega to racing champion Michael Schumacher in 1996. Fine, rare, and important, asymmetric, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman`s wristwatch with round button chronograph with 12-hour and 30-minute registers, tachometer, yellow dial and strap with Omega buckle. This watch is sold with a box, Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year Omega guarantee. Property of an Italian Collector

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C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, black bezel with tachometer graduated to 500 UPH, lyre lugs, integral crown and pusher guard, back with Speedmaster logo, engraved ?To Michael ? Time Flies - From Omega 1996?. D. Yellow with luminous baton indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour, and the 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow and black ?baton? hands, red chronograph hand. M. Cal. 1043, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 45 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm.


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Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

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This watch was presented to Formula 1 World Champion and Omega ambassador Michael Schumacher in July 1996 during the two-day launch of the new Speedmaster Automatic Racing watch collection in Schumacher's hometown of Kerpen, Germany. Successors to the legendary Moon Watch, the Speedmaster Racing watches were designed with the help of Michael Schumacher and bear the vibrant yellow and red of Formula 1 racing. As a man who has built his own success on unwavering precision and split-second timing, Mr. Schumacher relies on Omega watches for these same qualities. Ref. ST 175.0032 was launched in 1996 as the ?Speedmaster Racing?. The present lot was sold by Antiquorum on February 24, 1999, in the ?Famous Faces? auction, as lot 85.