Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 576

Omega, ?FIFA?, No. 46320367, Ref. ST 11003. Sold on April 15, 1983. Fine and interesting, cushion-shaped, stainless steel soccer referee`s wristwatch with round button chronograph, central minute recorder, 12-hour register, day and date, and a stainless steel Omega bracelet with deployant clasp.

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

EUR 2,000 - 3,000 / USD 2,500 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 3,540

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, integral crown and pusher guard, screw-down back. D. Black with luminous baton indexes, inner white Arabic five minute markers, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, outermost inclined minute divisions up to 45 minutes in orange, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 12-hour registers, day and date apertures, the FIFA logo at 12. Luminous white ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 1045, coppercolored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 43 mm. Thickness 15 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The letters FIFA stand for the ?Fédération Internationale de Football Association?, the umbrella organization for World Cup soccer. The present lot is a part of a small series produced in the 1970?s for FIFA referees.