Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 185

?Speedmaster - Racing Michael Schumacher? Omega, ?Speedmaster - Racing Michael Schumacher?, Automatic, No. 0830/4000. Made in a limited edition of 4000 pieces to commemorate Michael Schumacher?s 2000 Formula One World Championship. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers and a stainless steel Omega bracelet. Accompanied by the original fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, case back engraved ?Speedmaster Racing ? Michael Schumacher? with his signature in black and ?World Champion 2000? in red, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 300 units per hour, sapphire crystal. D. Two-tone silver with checkered flag decoration, painted luminous baton indexes with a red outline, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous black ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 1863, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 39 mm x 45 mm. Thickness 14 mm.