Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 16, 2014

LOT 258

OMEGA SPEEDMASTER ENAMEL DIAL, GIVEN TO R. POIREE FOR HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE 2006 TURIN OLYMPIC GAMES Omega, "Speedmaster, Automatic, case No. 59706222, Ref. 175 0081. Made for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Fine and rare, asymmetric, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Omega buckle. Accompanied by a fitted box.

Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, steel bezel graduated up to 500 UPH, case back engraved with the Olympic Crest, as well as "Omega Official Timekeeper, Torino 2006, and dedication inscription "R. Poiree ESF, Turin 2006. Enamel with black arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute register, outer 1/5th seconds track. Luminous steel baton hands. Cal. 1152, 25 jewels, rhodium-plated, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, hack mechanism.