OMEGAMANIA

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

LOT 5

SO-CALLED ?TEUTONIC SPEEDMASTER?

Omega, ?Speedmaster?, No. 46877891, Ref. DL 345.0803. Made for the Germanic market. Sold on July 8, 1985. Fine, tonneau-shaped, asymmetric, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold-plated gentleman`s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an integrated stainless steel and 18K yellow gold-plated Omega bracelet. This watch is sold with a box, Certificate of Authenticity, and 2-year Omega guarantee.

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

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

Sold: CHF 6,490

C. Three-body, solid, brushed, inclined and rounded gold bezel with tachometer graduations for up to 500 UPH, sapphire crystal, Seamaster logo in the back. D. Champagne, applied steel indexes with a central black line, sunk matte silver guilloché subsidiary dials for the constant seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions. Luminous black ?baton? hands, luminous black ?arrow? chronograph hand. M. Cal. 861, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 43 x 45 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. DL 345.0803 Launched in 1982. These watches were destined for the German speaking countries of central Europe including Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Lichtenstein. Like many of the so-called ?Teutonic Speedys? the case of this watch closely resembles that of the Mark V, however that moniker should be reserved for watches with the Calibre 1045, and are marked ?Mark V? on the dial. The present watch is also interesting in that it has a case-back signed ?Seamaster? this is due to the fact that ?Speedmasters? are a sub-line of the ?Seamaster? family. Many of the watches made for the Germanic market have backs signed ?Seamaster? and most have the calibre number engraved on the case back. This watch is published on pages 100-101 of ?The Master of Omega?.