Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
LOT 258
OMEGA REF. 145-0052 SPEEDMASTER YELLOW GOLD Omega, "Speedmaster," No. 111 / 150, No. 48378292, Ref. 145-0052. Made in 1999 in a limited edition 150 examples. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by a guarantee (now void), Insurance Appraisal, extra strap with an 18K yellow gold deployant clasp.
USD 4,500 - 6,500
HKD 35,000 - 50,000 / CHF 4,400 - 6,300
Sold: USD 5,625
Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, dust cap, bezel with tachometer graduation to 300 UPH, back engraved: "Speedmaster 150th anniversary" and "THE FIRST WATCH WORN ON THE MOON, FLIGHT QUALIFIED BY NASA FOR ALL MANNED SPACE MISSIONS." Black, painted luminous baton indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the constant seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold "broad arrow" hands. Cal. 1883, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.
