OMEGAMANIA

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

LOT 292

PLATINUM ?DELUXE SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH?

Omega, No. 2, movement No. 3250324, Ref. AT 145.0064. Made in a limited edition of 50 examples in 1995. Very fine, rare and unusual, large, platinum pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph and 30-minute register. This watch is sold with a box, Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year Omega guarantee.

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

EUR 6,300 - 10,000 / USD 8,300 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 18,880

C. Three-body, polished and rounded bezel, engine-turned band, knurled crown and push-buttons, sapphire crystals. D. Two-tone, silvered, with guilloché center, black radial Arabic numerals on a plain reserve, outer luminous dot markers, outermost raised chapter ring with Arabic minutes and 1/10th second divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 30-minute registers. Blued steel ?baton? hands with luminous tips. M. Cal. 1130, rhodium-plated, 21 jewels, ?fausses côtes? and ?oeil-de-perdrix? decoration, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Split-seconds chronograph work mounted on the back plate. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 66 mm. Thickness 23 mm.


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Case: 1

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Movement: 1

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Dial: 1-01

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This split-seconds chronograph was made in 1995. It uses a rhodium-finished vintage movement based on the one created for the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, which marked Omega´s debut as official timekeeper for the majority of modern Olympics.