OMEGAMANIA

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

LOT 8

MARS WATCH, FIRST GENERATION

Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional X-33?, First Generation, No. 56033566, Ref. TS 186.1998. Sold on July 29, 1998. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, light-weight, titanium and stainless steel gentleman`s quartz wristwatch with square button chronograph, gray multifunction digital display and analogue display, with a titanium Omega buckle. Accompanied by the instruction manual. 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 4,012

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, revolving titanium bezel with serrated edges and polished top, four stainless steel square-shaped push buttons and a crown protected by a crown guard, lyre-shape lugs, double case back (for high sonorous level) secured with 9 screws, sapphire crystal. D. Gray multifunction digital display (green when illuminated), framed by luminous baton indexes on a straight black reserve and outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions on an inclined black reserve. Luminous white ?arrow? hands, red-tipped dart seconds hand. M. Cal. 1666 with quartz standardization. Dial and case signed. Diam. 41 mm. Thickness 15 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 1

As new

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

The Speedmaster Professional X-33 is also known as the ?Mars Watch?. Standard analogue displays indicate the hour, minutes and seconds. The digital display, showing the time and date, also has countdown, chronograph and alarm functions. The special digital functions include mission elapsed time and universal time. The Speedmaster Professional X-33 was designed and tested over five years in co-operation with American, Russian and European astronauts, as well as professional pilots from the U.S. Navy`s Blue Angels and the US Air Force`s Thunderbirds squadrons. The watch integrates the latest technical features required by professional flight and space crew, including a 24- hour alarm sound system with a loudness of at least 80 decibels that is audible over the reverberating noises and echoes inside the space shuttle. In line with guidance from astronauts, the X-33 also has bigger and clearer numbers and letters on an enlarged digital display. To be ?flight qualified?, it is accurate to within -0.3 to +0.5 seconds per day. The X-33, which has a titanium case, is also water, pressure and shock resistant to high standards and can withstand extreme temperatures ranging from -20 degrees to +70 degrees centigrade. The name ?X-33? was originally used by Omega watchmakers as a code name in the development of the watch, but was kept on as its commercial name. This watch is published on pages 172-173 of ?The Master of Omega?.