Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 5

Omega Speedmaster 125 Omega, ?Speedmaster, 125, Automatic Chronometer,? Ref. ST 178.0002 / 378.0801. Made in a limited edition of 2000 pieces to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Louis Brandt/Omega in 1973. Fine, tonneau-shaped, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel chronometer wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, 12-hour register, central minute counter, 24-hour night/day indication and an integral stainless steel Omega link bracelet with deployant clasp.

USD 1,800 - 2,200

CHF 1,800 - 2,200 / EUR 1,300 - 1,600

Sold: USD 4,125

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back with embossed Speedmaster logo and engraved ?G 369,? outer tachometer scale to 500 UPH reverse painted on the sapphire crystal, hooded lugs. D. Matte black with painted luminous baton indexes, inner Arabic five minute numerals, outer 1/5th second scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 12-hour register, the 24 hours with night/day indication by means of an arrow on a revolving disc, 60-minute register by means of a white central jet hand, aperture for the date. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 1041, copper-colored, 22 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 52 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm.


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Launched in 1973, this reference was produced in a limited edition of 2000 examples, comprising five groups of four hundred watches each. Each watch bore an individual number, for example ?E 400?. The letters A through E designated the group, while the number indicated the watch?s position within the group. These numbers, very lightly engraved, tend to disappear during servicing or with wear. The present watch bears the number ?G 369? and remains in excellent, almost untouched condition.