Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 439

So-Called ?Speedymoon? Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional?, No. 44124044, Ref. ST 345.0809. Made in 1985. Fine and rare, asymmetric, astronomic, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, date, moon phases, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, black bezel with tachometer graduated to 500 UPH and a stainless steel Omega bracelet clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, crown and pusher with integral guard, correctors in the band, screw-down back with embossed Speedmaster logo, dust protecting cap. D. Black with painted luminous baton indexes, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, subsidiary chapter ring for the date of the month with aperture for the moon phase. M. Cal. 866, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Property of a South American Gentleman