Lot 248

Omega "Seamaster Memomatic", Movement No. 33322979, Ref. 166.071, Cal. 980, 42 mm, circa 1972
An automatic 'new old stock' vintage wristwatch with date and alarm
Case: steel, screw back with Seamaster logo. Dial: black/anthracite. Movm.: rotorwind movement, 1 hammer, 1 gong, Glucydur balance.
The "Memomatic", model of 1970
This design stood for two world premieres in the field of alarm wristwatches; it was the first rotor self-wind system with only one barrel driving both the movement and the alarm. It was also the first alarm wristwatch where an alarm could be set to the minute by a central rotating alarm disc.

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