$4,800
Speedy 125, Tachometer Omega Speedmaster 125 , Automatic Chronometer, Ref. ST 178.0002 / 378.0801. Made in a limited edition of 2000 pieces to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Louis Brandt/Omega in 1973. Fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, tonneau-shaped, stainless steel wristwatch with date, round button chronograph, 12-hour register, centralminute counter, tachometer, 24-hour night/day indication, and a stainless steel articulatedOmega bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate. Two-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back with embossed Speedmaster logo, outer-most tachometer scale graduated to 500UPH reverse-painted on the sapphire crystal, hooded lugs. Matte black with luminous baton indexes, inner Arabic five minute numerals, 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 white central jet hand, aperture for the date. Luminous white baton hands. Cal. 1041, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 52 mm. Thickness 15 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-10-17
