$10,800
Ref. 2998-3 Omega, Speedmaster, No. 17764174, Ref. 2998-3. Made in 1961. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, black bezel with tachometer graduated to 500 UPH and a stainless steel Omega bracelet and deployant clasp. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back engraved with Speedmaster logo, inner anti-magnetic cover, hesalite crystal with central Omega motif, Omega winding crown. Black with painted luminous baton indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, applied Omega logo at 12. Luminous steel alpha hands, white baton chronograph hand. Cal. 321, copper-colored with steel chronograph work, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator, balance guard. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2009-03-05
