$4,248
So-Called “Big Blue” Seamaster Omega, "Seamaster, Automatic, 120m/400ft", Ref. ST 176.004. Made in the 1970s. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, central minute counter, 24-hour indication, date and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet. Three-body, brushed, unidirectional revolving graduated bezel for decompression timing, screwed-down case back and crown, case back with logo. Blue with luminous painted indexes, outer minute divisions, outermost Arabic 5 minute/seconds, subsidiary dials for the seconds and 12-hour recorder, 60-minute register by luminous central orange "arrow" hand, the 24-hour indication by arrow on a revolving disc, aperture for the date. Luminous "baton" hands. Cal. 1040, copper-colored, 22 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 44 x 52 mm. Thickness 16 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-06-14
