Live Auction 11884Omega Speedmaster 50
Omega. A Limited Edition Very Fine and Rare Automatic Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch with Date, Telemetre Scale, Bracelet, International Guarantee, and Box
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Omega. A Limited Edition Very Fine and Rare Automatic Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch with Date, Telemetre Scale, Bracelet, International Guarantee, and Box

Signed Omega, Speedmaster 125, Chronometer, Movement no. 36’252’668, Case Ref. 178.0002 - 378.0801, Manufactured in 1974

Closed15 December 2015

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Omega. A Limited Edition Very Fine and Rare Automatic Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch with Date, Telemetre Scale, Bracelet, International Guarantee, and Box
Signed Omega, Speedmaster 125, Chronometer, Movement no. 36’252’668, Case Ref. 178.0002 - 378.0801, Manufactured in 1974
Cal. 1041 automatic movement, 22 jewels, black dial, applied OMEGA symbol, luminous baton numerals, outer fifths of a second divisions, inner Arabic 60 minutes register, luminous baton hands, central chronograph minute hand, two sunken subsidiary dials for constant seconds combined with 24 hours and am/pm indication and 12 hours register, date aperture, tonneau-shaped water-resistant-type case, telemeter scale printed to the inside of the crystal, screw back with seahorse logo, SEAMASTER and O in high relief, OMEGA crown, two round chronograph buttons in the band, stainless steel OMEGA bracelet stamped 1221/212, overall approximate length 7 inches, case, dial and movement signed
42mm diam.

The Property of a Swiss Collector

Specialist note

Accompanied by an OMEGA Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch on 22 April 1974 and its subsequent delivery to France. Further accompanied by an OMEGA International Guarantee dated July 20 1974, an OMEGA Speedmaster 125 product literature, and OMEGA presentation box.

The Speedmaster 125 was launched in 1973 and made in a limited edition of 2000 unnumbered examples to commemorate OMEGA's 125th anniversary. It became the world’s first ever automatic chronograph wristwatch to be awarded a chronometer rating certificate and therefore holds a very special place in the history of horology. It was fitted with the applied number 125 on the dial and with the tachymeter scale printed on the inside of the crystal.

The present watch is illustrated and described in OMEGA, A Journey Through Time by Marco Richon, 2007, p. 610.