Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 252

Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional, Mark II?, movement No. 29639921, Ref. ST 145.014. Made on August 26th, 1970. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, tonneau-shaped, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives and an Omega box.

CHF 900 - 1,600

USD 900 - 1,600 / EUR 700 - 1,200

Sold: CHF 1,500

C. Two-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, hooded lugs, screwed-down case back with Speedmaster logo, flat sapphire crystal with black tachometer scale. D. Matte black with painted luminous baton indexes, sunk subsidiary dials for the constant seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 861, copper colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 x 45 mm. Thickness 15 mm. Approx overall length 185 mm.


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Grade: A

Good

Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-17-02

Very good

Slightly spotted

HANDS Service hands

Notes

252) After the first Moon landing, Omega decided - using the name Mark II (indicating the second series) - to offer a model more in keeping with the fashion of the time, to complement the already popular Moon Watch. Esthetically different, it maintained the technical features of the Moon Watch. For the first time in the Speedmaster line, the watch uses a flat mineral crystal with the timing scale printed on the inside. This watch is published on pages 52-53 of ?The Master of Omega