106,200 CHF
“BROAD ARROW” Omega, “Speedmaster”, No. 15996292, Ref. CK 2915-2. Sold on 2nd July, 1959. Very fine and equally rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Omega bracelet with deployant clasp. This watch is sold with a box, a Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year Omega guarantee. Property of a French Collector Three-body, polished and brushed, tachometer graduation to 300uph on the steel bezel, screwed-down case back. Black with luminous painted baton indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, outermost 1/5th seconds, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel “broadarrow” hands. Cal. 321, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes Ref. CK 2915-2 was launched in 1957. This reference is the first generation of the celebrated “Speedmaster”. In designing it, Omega sought to create a robust, accurate and easy-to-read chronograph wristwatch. Waterproof to 60 meters, with a shock-resistant and anti-magnetic movement, it quickly gained a reputation among sportsmen. Pierre Moinat, then head of product development at Omega, conceived of a sports chronograph with tachymetric scale, whose highly legible indications were inspired by those of Italian sports cars of the time. The most bril
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-04-15
