Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 73

Speedmaster Mark III Omega, ?Automatic, Speedmaster, Mark III,? No. R46402, Ref. 176.002. This reference was launched in 1971. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel pilot?s wristwatch with date, round-button chronograph, 12-hour register, central minute recorder, tachometer, the 24 hours with night/day indication and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back engraved with Seamaster logo, overlapping hooded lugs. D. Bicolor black and anthracite with luminous baton indexes, inner Arabic five minute markers, outer 1/5th seconds scale, outermost tachometer scale graduated to 500 units per hour, subsidiary dials for the constant 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 1040, copper-colored, 22 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim 41 x 52 mm. Thickness. 16 mm.