Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 259

Gemini IV 40th Anniversary Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional, 1965 ? 2005?, No. 1640/2005, case No. 77139302, Ref. ST3565.80. Made in a limited edition of 2005 examples in 2005 to mark the 40th anniversary of the first spacewalk, sold on September 15th, 2005. Fine, asymmetric, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, blue bezel with tachometer and a stainless steel Omega bracelet with deployant clasp signed: ?Speedmaster Professional?. Accompanied by the original box, warranty, certificate , extra link and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, screwed down case back numbered and engraved circularly in black at the rim: ?40th Anniversary ? First Spacewalk?. Colored medallion in the center of the case back commemorating the first spacewalk with the words: ?Gemini 4 ? First Spacewalk ? Mc Divitt, White?. D. Bi-color, blue and silver with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, sunk guilloché subsidiary dials for the constant seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel baton hands. m. Cal. 1861, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx overall length 185 mm.