Property of M. Patrice Chemin Patrice Chemin joined Comex in early 1970 as a diver and was selected to participate in several experimental hyperbaric dives, including Janus II at 250 m (820 ft.) in 1970, Physalie V, a World Record dive, at 520m (1,706 ft.) in Nov. 1970, Beluga at 180m (590 ft.) in water at ? 2 Celsius (28 F), in 1971, and Physalie VI at 610m (2001 ft.) in May 1972. Patrice Chemin has held the World's Record for deep diving for 11 years. Interrupting his diving career in 1975 due to osteobone necrosis, a saturation diving illness, he undertook further academic studies and moved up to the management ranks of Comex/Stolt Offshore, until 1997. Patrice Chemin has 40 years' experience in the oil & gas industry; his professional assignments took him to the North Sea, the Middle-East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the US. He has held numerous executive positions in the industry, among them: Vice-President of Stolt Offshore Asia-Pacific, President of Stolt Offshore US, and President of Torch Offshore. He is currently the President of Carmel Contracting and the representative of CCC and Gulmar Offshore in the US. Patrice holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics & Sciences, a Degree in Business Administration, and an MBA in Business Strategies. He has received several awards, including the CNEXO Gold Medal in 1970 and 1972 and the Pertamina Silver Award (1981).
Having had the pleasure of offering the first part of his collection in December 2009 in New York (see lots 373,374 and 375), we are delighted once again to bring to the market two more watches from his private collection, including the rare Omega Seamaster given to him to celebrate his successful dive for Physalie V, which represents the last time Omega was involved in deep sea diving before Rolex took over, and the only known"Omega Comex" that was attributed on a World record dive