OMEGAMANIA

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

LOT 238

?POUR L?ITALIE, BIANCO?

Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional?, No. 218/500, movement No. 48370836, Ref. ST 345.0818. Made in a limited edition of 500 examples for the Italian market in 1998, sold on January 16, 1998. Fine and rare, asymmetric, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman`s wristwatch with round button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, black bezel with tachometer, transparent back and a stainless steel Omega bracelet with deployant clasp engraved: ?Speedmaster Professional?. Accompanied by the original fitted box and guarantee. This watch is sold with a Certificate of Authenticity and a 2-year Omega guarantee. Property of an Italian Collector

CHF 3,800 - 5,000

USD 5,000 - 6,500

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, integral crown and pusher guard, black bezel with tachometer graduated to 500 UPH, screw-down transparent back numbered and engraved: ?Speedmaster Professional ? Limited Edition?. D. White with painted luminous baton indexes set in a black frame, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions. Luminous black ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 1863, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, l8 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14.3 mm.


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Case: 1

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Movement: 1

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Dial: 1-01

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Notes

Ref. ST 345.0818 was produced in a limited edition of 500 examples for the Italian market in 1997, with two dial variations. The first was bicolor silver and black (see lot 236); the second was white, as in the present lot. This reference was the first watch to use the new caliber 1863 movement. The caliber 1863 is identical to calibre 863, with the exception of being rhodium-plated. Omega uses four-digit caliber numbers starting with a 1 (i.e. caliber 1863) to indicate that the movement is rhodium-plated, as opposed to pink or yellow goldplated (i.e. caliber 863).