Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 14, 2011

LOT 167

OMEGA - YELLOW GOLD - SPEEDMASTER PROFESSIONAL - LIMITED EDITION Omega, "Speedmaster Professional?, Ref. 1450052, No. 741/999, case No. 49309915, movement No.48309915, Produced in a limited edition of 999 examples circa 2000. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, with black bezel and 18K yellow gold Omega bracelet and deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, crown and pusher with integral guard, black revolving bezel, graduated tachometer scale, screwed-down case back, engraved ?THE FIRST WATCH WORN ON THE MOON, FLIGHT QUALIFIED BY NASA FOR ALL MANNED SPACE MISSIONS?. D. Black with applied faceted yellow gold baton indexes, luminous dots, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 863, gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 48 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm.