Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 179

Omega ReF. 145.014 Steel Speedmaster Mark II ?Tropical? Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional, Mark II,? No. 28424078, Ref. ST 145.014. Made in 1968. Fine, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back with Speedmaster logo, tachometer scale graduated to 500 UPH reverse-painted on the sapphire crystal. D. Black with painted luminous baton indexes, outer minute/ seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, aged brown subsidiary dials for the constant seconds, the 30-minute and 12-hour registers. Luminous white baton hands, white hand for the chronograph function. M. Cal. 861, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 41 x 45 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm