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Lot 18
Omega. A Very Fine and Rare Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch with Tropical Dial and Box
Signed Omega, Speedmaster, Professional, Movement no. 29’604’629, Case Ref. 145.022-69 ST, Manufactured in 1970
Closed15 December 2015
Price Realised
USD 11,875
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Specialist note
Accompanied by an OMEGA Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch on 5 June 1970 and its subsequent delivery to Spain. Further accompanied by an OMEGA International Guarantee dated July 10th 1970, and a rare OMEGA crater box.
The reference 145.022-69 was in production from 1970 to 1973. The present watch features a chocolate or "tropical" dial that has been made possible by its aging. Not born with this exceptional dial intensity, the watch shows great charisma. Collectors have noted that a small number of reference 145.022-69 watches have had their dials change to a "tropical" brown and have posited that it may have been due to the sensitivity of the paint used on a particular run of dials.
The Speedmaster ST 145.022 is illustrated and described in OMEGA, A Journey Through Time by Marco Richon, 2007, p. 604.
The reference 145.022-69 was in production from 1970 to 1973. The present watch features a chocolate or "tropical" dial that has been made possible by its aging. Not born with this exceptional dial intensity, the watch shows great charisma. Collectors have noted that a small number of reference 145.022-69 watches have had their dials change to a "tropical" brown and have posited that it may have been due to the sensitivity of the paint used on a particular run of dials.
The Speedmaster ST 145.022 is illustrated and described in OMEGA, A Journey Through Time by Marco Richon, 2007, p. 604.