Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 354

OMEGA REF. 178.0022 BROAD ARROW SPEEDMASTER, YELLOW GOLD Omega, Speedmaster, Automatic, Chronometer, No. 78011829, Ref. 178.0022. Made circa 2001. Fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, date and an 18K yellow gold Omega deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw down case back with the sea-horse logo and engraved: Broad Arrow, antimagnetic soft iron dust cover, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 300 UPH, lyre lugs, sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied faceted yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, aperture for the date at 6. Luminous yellow gold broad arrow hands. M. Cal. 3303, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 33 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, selfcompensating fl at balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Property of an Omega Collector