OMEGAMANIA

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

LOT 210

SO-CALLED ?CHOCOLATE DIAL?

Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional?, No. 29604454, Ref. ST 145.022-74. Made circa 1974. Very fine and rare, asymmetric, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with black to brown color-change dial, round button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, tachometer scale and a stainless steel Omega deployant clasp. This watch is sold with a box, a Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year Omega guarantee. Property of a French Gentleman

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 2,500 - 3,800 / USD 3,300 - 5,000

Sold: CHF 30,680

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, integral crown and pusher guard, black bezel with tachometer scale, lyre lugs, screw-down case back with Speedmaster logo engraved ?Flight Qualified By NASA For All Manned Space Missions ? The First Watch Worn On The Moon?. D. Brown ?black? with luminous painted baton indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, outermost 1/5th second divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous white ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 861, coppercolored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 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. ST 145.022-74 The ST 145.022 series of references was launched in 1968, and was the first of the Speedmasters to be fitted with caliber 861. The dial of this watch is known as a ?Chocolate Dial? due to the even change of color from black to chocolate brown.