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New York, Jun 18, 2008

LOT 134

Mark III Omega "Speedmaster Professional Mark III", Automatic, No. 34242081, Ref. No. 176.002. Made circa 1973. Fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, 24 hours with night/day indication and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet.

C. Two-body, brushed, screwed-down case back with Speedmaster logo, hooded lugs. D. Navy blue with applied steel and black indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 12-hour registers, the 24 hours with night/day indication by means of an arrow on an under-disc, central 60-minute register by means of an orange cross-shaped hand, outer 1/5th second scale and tachometer graduation on an outer ring, aperture for the date. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 1040, copper color, 22 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 52 mm. Thickness 16 mm.