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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 160

To be Sold Without Reserve, Omega, "Speedmaster Professional". Production of the Speedmaster started in 1957. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, tachometer graduation on the black bezel, screwed-down case back engraved with the Speedmaster logo and the motto "The First Watch Worn on the Moon, Flight qualified by NASA for all manned space missions", anti-magnetic protection cap, stylized lapidated lugs. D. Black with tritium-coated indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated white ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. 861, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness: 14 mm.