OMEGAMANIA

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

LOT 222

SO-CALLED ?MARK 4.5?

Omega ?Speedmaster, Automatic?, No. 44125813, Ref. ST 176.0012. Sold on September 6, 1983. Fine and rare self-winding, water-resistant, tonneau-shaped, stainless steel wristwatch with day, date, round button chronograph, 12-hour register, central minute recorder, tachometer, the 24 hours with night/day indication, and a stainless steel Omega bracelet with deployant clasp. This watch is sold with a box, Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year Omega guarantee.

CHF 1,500 - 2,500

EUR 1,000 - 1,600 / USD 1,200 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 3,540

C. Two-body, (patent CH 508.925) brushed, screw-down case back with the embossed ?Seamaster? logo, hooded lugs, tachometer scale graduated to 500UPH reverse-painted on the sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous baton indexes, inner Arabic five minutes, outer minute/fifth second scale, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 12-hour register, the 24 hours with night/day indication by means of an arrow on a revolving disc, 60-minute register by means of a central white ?jet? hand, apertures for the day and date. Luminous white ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 1045, (patent CH 508.831) copper-colored, 17 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 45 mm. Thickness 15.5mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 2

Very good

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. ST 176.0012 launched in 1974, is often called ?Mark 4.5? by collectors as it has the same case as the ?Mark IV? and the same movement as the ?Mark V?.