OMEGAMANIA

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

LOT 279

The present lot comprises one of each of the watches in the Omega ?Museum Collection?, as follows: 1) 1938, ?The Pilot?s Watch?, No. 0066/4938 2) 1951, ?Cosmic?, No. 1808/1951 3) 1945, ?The Officer?s Watch?, No. 0848/1945 4) 1915, ?The Petrograd Watch?, No. 1333/1915 5) 1948, ?The Centenary Watch?, No. 004/1948 6) 1952, ?Tonneau Renversée?, No. 005/1952 These watches are sold with original boxes and certificates, Certificates of Authenticity, and 2-year Omega guarantees, (No. 5 and 6 of the present set are sold with 3-year Omega guarantees).

1) No. 0066/4938, movement No. 80123406, Ref. ST 167.2000. Collector`s Series Number One from the Museum Collection. Made in 2000. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman` s wristwatch with Omega buckle.
C. Three-body, solid, polished, bezel with serrated edges, downturned lugs, back numbered and engraved: ?1938, The Omega Museum Collection, The Pilot´s Watch, Collector`s Series No. One, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous painted Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, outermost revolving silvered ring for flight duration timing, subsidiary seconds. Luminous ?skeletonized? hands. M. Cal. 2200, rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40.5 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
2) No. 1808/1951, movement No. 59568836, Ref. BG 156.2001. Collector`s Series Number Two from the Museum Collection. Made in 2001. Fine and rare, square, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman`s wristwatch with triple date, moon phases and an 18K pink gold Omega buckle.
C. Three body, solid, polished and brushed, concave bezel, pushers in the band, stylized straight lugs, back numbered and engraved: ?1951, The Omega Museum Collection, COSMIC, Collector`s Series Number Two?, sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied pink gold baton, dagger and pyramidal indexes, subsidiary dial for the seconds and aperture for the moon phases at 6 o´clock, apertures for the day of the week, the month, and the phases of the moon, outermost graduation with pink gold Arabic numerals for the date. Pink gold ?alpha? hands. M. Cal. 2601, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 33.5 x 33 mm. Thickness 11 mm.
3) No. 0848/1945, movement No. 58374594, Ref. ST 145.2002. Collector`s Series Number Three from the Museum Collection. Made in 2002. Fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman`s wristwatch with olive button chronograph, 30-minute register, tachometer, telemeter, pulsometer and a stainless steel Omega buckle.
C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, inclined and rounded bezel with black Arabic numerals and a red Arabic 12 for time indication, downturned lugs, back numbered and engraved: ?1945, The Omega Museum Collection, The Officer`s Watch, Collector`s Series Number Three?. D. Black with inner gilt spiral tachometer with Arabic numerals, white pulsometer graduation, gilt telemeter graduation, outer second/minute and 1/5th seconds divisions with white Arabaic numerals, outermost tachometer graduation, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute register. Gilt ?feuille? hands. M. Cal. 3200, rhodium-plated, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38 mm. Thickness 12 mm.
4) No. 1333/1915, movement No. 80700194, Ref. BG 367.2003. Collector`s Series Number Four from the Museum Collection. Made in 2003. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K pink gold gentleman`s wristwatch with an 18K pink gold Omega buckle.
C. Three-body, solid, polished, hinged wire lugs, inclined and rounded bezel, curved back secured by 8 screws, numbered and engraved: ?1915, The Omega Museum Collection, The Petrograd Watch, Collector`s Series Number Four?, sapphire crystal. D. Cream with radial black Art Deco numerals, subsidiary seconds, outer minute track. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. Cal. 2200, rhodium-plated, ?faussescôtes? decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 32.5 x 47 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
5) No. 0004/1948, movement No. 80805729, Ref. BG 167.2004. Collector`s Series Number Five from the Museum Collection. Made in 2004. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman´s wristwatch with co-axial escapement, and an 18K pink gold Omega buckle.
C. Three-body, solid, polished, curved lugs, back numbered and engraved: ?1948, The Omega Museum Collection, The CentenaryWatch, Collector`s Series Number Five?, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone copper-colored with applied faceted dart indexes on a plain outer reserve, inner minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds. Pink gold ?dauphine? hands. M. Cal. 2202, C.O.S.C. certified, rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, co-axial escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 10.5 mm. Dial, case and movement signed.
6) No. 0005/1952, movement No. 81082619, Ref. BM 167.2005. Collector`s Series Number Six from the Museum Collection. Made in 2005. Fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink and white gold gentleman`s wristwatch with a co-axial escapement and an 18K white gold Omega buckle.
C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, bezel with pink gold beam at the top and bottom and white gold sides, straight lugs, back secured with 8 screws, as well as numbered and engraved: ?1952, The Omega Museum Collection, Tonneau Renversé, Collector`s Series Number Six?, sapphire crystal. D. Satiné silver with applied faceted pink gold dart indexes, subsidiary seconds. Pink gold ?dauphine? hands. M. Cal. 2202, C.O.S.C. certified, rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, co-axial escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dim. 36 x 46 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm. Dial, case and movement signed.