OMEGAMANIA

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

LOT 285

?PLATINUM SKELETONIZED SPEEDYMOON?

Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional?, No. 55, movement No. 77097541, Ref. AT 145.0058. Made in a limited edition of 57 examples in 2005. Very fine and rare, asymmetric, astronomic, skeletonized, platinum gentleman`s wristwatch with round-button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, date, moon phases and tachometer, and an 18K white gold Omega deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Certificate of Authenticity, and 2-year Omega guarantee.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, lyre, integral crown and pusher guard, screwed-down case back engraved: ?Speedmaster Professional ? Platinum ? Limited Series?, sapphire crystals. D. Skeletonized, matte silver, with faceted blued steel baton indexes on an outer matte silver chapter ring with minute/ seconds divisions, subsidiary chapter rings for the seconds, the 30-minutes and 12-hour registers, and the date with aperture for the moon phases, numbered 55/57 in red Arabic numerals at 12. Blued steel ?skeletonized baton? hands. M. Cal. 3604, finely engraved skeletonized bridges, blued steel screws, rhodium-plated, brushed levers, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Ref. AT 145.0058 was made in 2005. The movements of these watches were skeletonized and hand-decorated at Mr. Armin Strom?s workshop, where the chasing and skeletonizing takes a master watchmaker no fewer than 100 hours to execute.