Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 29

"Speedmaster? Omega, "Speedmaster Professional", Ref. 2998-2. Made in 1966. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph and registers.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back engraved with the ?Speedmaster? logo, anti-magnetic protecting cap, tachometer graduation on the black bezel, stylized lapidated lugs. D. Black with luminous bâton indexes, subsidiary ?guilloché? dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 321, gilt brass, 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.