Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 286

Omega - Steel - Speedmaster Professional Omega, Speedmaster Professional, No. 77072051, Ref. 145.0055. Made circa 2005. Fine and rare, astronomic, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, date, moon phases, registers, steel bezel with tachometer graduated to 300 UPH and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet with deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre-shaped lugs, correctors in the band, protected crown and push-buttons, case back with Speedmaster logo and engraved: Flight-Qualified By NASA For All Manned Space Missions The First Watch Worn On The Moon. D. Matte silver with applied polished baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, subsidiary ring dial for the date, aperture for the moon phases at 12. M. Cal. 1866, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length 210 mm.