Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 454

Speedy 125 Tachometer Omega Speedmaster 125, Automatic Chronometer, Ref. ST 178.0002 / 378.0801. Made in a limited edition of 2000 pieces to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Louis Brandt / Omega in 1973. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, 12-hour register, central minute counter, tachometer, 24-hour night / day indication, and an integral stainless steel Omega link bracelet with deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back with embossed Speedmaster logo, outer tachometer scale graduated to 500UPH reverse-painted on the sapphire crystal, hooded lugs. D. Matte black with luminous baton indexes, inner Arabic five minute numerals, outer 1/5th second scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 12-hour register, the 24 hours with night / day indication by means of an arrow on a revolving disc, 60-minute register by means of a white central jet hand, aperture for the date. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 1041, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 52 mm. Thickness 15 mm.