OMEGAMANIA

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

LOT 276

?FIFA PROTOTYPE?

Omega, ?FIFA?, No. 4064794, Ref. ST 11003-2. Made in 1979. Fine and exceptionally rare, cushion-shaped, stainless steel soccer referee`s wristwatch with round button chronograph, central minute recorder, 12-hour register, day and date, and a stainless steel Omega bracelet with deployant clasp. This watch is sold with a box and Certificate of Authenticity.

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

EUR 1,300 - 2,000 / USD 1,700 - 2,500

Sold: CHF 4,720

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, integral crown and pusher guard, screw-down back. D. Black with luminous baton indexes, inner white Arabic five minute markers, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, outermost inclined minute divisions up to 45 minutes in orange, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 12-hour registers, day and date apertures, the FIFAlogo at 12. Luminous white ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 1045, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 43 mm. Thickness 15 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 1

As new

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

The letters FIFA stand for the ?Fédération Internationale de Football Association?, the umbrella organization for World Cup soccer. The present lot is the prototype for a small series of watches produced in the 1970?s for FIFA referees.