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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Apr 15, 2007

LOT 203

?SPEEDMASTER ALPHA SECOND GENERATION?

Omega, ?Speedmaster?, No. 17761028, Ref. CK 2998-2. Sold on 4th October, 1960. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman`s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, black bezel with tachometer graduated to 500 UPH and a stainless steel Omega bracelet and deployant clasp. This watch is sold with a box, a Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year Omega guarantee. Property of a South American Gentleman To be sold without reserve

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,500 / USD 2,500 - 3,300

Sold: CHF 21,240

C. Three body, solid, polished, case back engraved with Speedmaster logo, hesalite crystal. D. Black with painted luminous baton indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, applied Omega logo at 12. Luminous steel ?alpha? hands. Luminous white ?baton? chronograph hand. M. Cal. 321, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 38.6 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. CK 2998-2 was launched in 1959, and was the successor to the ?Broad Arrow?, reference CK 2915. This reference differed from its predecessor in that the ?Broad Arrow? hands were replaced with ?Alpha? hands, and the steel bezel with one with a black insert. There were two generations of this reference; the first with large ?dot? chronograph hand, the second, as in the present lot, with ?baton? chronograph hand. This reference is sometimes known as the ?pre-moon? by collectors. Cal. 321 with column wheel, was created in 1946. It was formerly called ?27 CHRO C12 T2? and was used on first generation ?moon watches?. The caliber was replaced in 1968 with cam-caliber 861.