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New York, Dec 11, 2008

LOT 38

Speedsonic Omega ?Chronometer, Speedsonic, 300 Hz?, Ref. ST 188.0002. Made in the late 1970s. Fine and rare stainless steel tonneau-shaped electronic wristwatch with round button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, tachometer, day and date and Omega stainless steel bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a recent Omega wooden box.

USD 2,000 - 3,000

EUR 1,600 - 2,300 / CHF 2,500 - 3,500

C. Two-body, tonneau, polished and grained, screw-down case back with embossed ?Seamaster? logo. D. Black and gray with luminous baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/fifth second divisions, raised outermost tachometer scale graduated to 500UPH, apertures for the days of the week in French and the date. Luminous baton hands. M. Cal. 9210, copper plated 12-jewel, frequency of 300 Hz, licensed and patented by Bulova. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 44 x 44 mm. Thickness 16 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 1

As new
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. ST 188.0002 Launched in 1973, this watch was the first electronic Speedmaster. This watch was available with gray or blue dial as well as a gold plated version (Ref.MD 188.0002). Although the five ?Speedsonic? references are considered by some to be either a separate line of watches or part of the Seamaster line, in all the officialOmega documents as well as the ?Omega Saga? book, they are clearly part of the ?Speedmaster? line.