Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 257

Omega Speedmaster - 50th Anniversary Omega, ?Speedmaster - 50th Anniversary,? No. 0047/1957, Ref. 311.33.42.50.01.001. Made in a limited edition of 1957 pieces in 2007 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Speedmaster (1957 ? 2007). Very fine, large, water-resistant, stainless steel chronometer wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, co-axial escapement, black enamel dial, black bezel with tachometer graduation and a stainless steel Omega deployant clasp. Accompanied by a special wooden fitted box with a set of tools, a stainless steel Omega bracelet, booklet, Warranty and Chronometer Certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, black tachometer bezel graduated to 500 UPH, screwed-down transparent Case back engraved: ?Speedmaster 50th Anniversary Limited Series Co-axial Chronometer,? sapphire crystals. D. Black enamel with limited edition number printed below 12, luminous baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 3201, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, co-axial escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, free-sprung self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 13 mm.