Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 287

Omega Alaska Project, limited edition Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional?, No. 1808/1970, movement No. 77212789, Ref. ST. 311.32.42.30.04.001. Made in a limited series of 1970 examples in 2008, sold on September 6th, 2008. Very fine and rare, asymmetric, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, black bezel with tachometer, Apollo hands for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers and a stainless steel Omega bracelet and deployant clasp. Accompanied by a large red two-body thermo-protective case, two additional white Nato straps, tools, fitted box and warranty.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, black bezel with tachometer graduated to 500 UPH, lyre lugs, integral crown and pusher guard, screw-down back engraved with Speedmaster logo. Thermic case: Two-body, red eloxidized aluminum with 60-minute counter and two chronograph pushers on the band. D. White, zinc oxide-coated, with painted luminous baton indexes, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer reserve for the minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions. Black and white luminous baton hands, luminous red chronograph hand, luminous black Apollo hands for the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. M. Cal. 1861, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length 170 mm. From the Collection of a Swiss Gentleman