102nd Auction
2020/6/29
Lot 227
Omega, Swiss, "Speedmaster Automatic", Ref. 11000, Cal. 1045, 38 x 43 mm, circa 1974
An important automatic vintage PROTOTYPE wrist chronograph with 12h counter, tachy scale, indicators for date and the weekdays in French writing and 24h indicator
Case: steel, screw back. Dial: black.
The hand-engraved number 63 beneath the balance designates this fine timepiece as a prototype. At the time Omega used the number to mark their preproduction pieces. This automatic wrist chronograph is set between the Speedmaster Mark IV and the so-called Speedmaster "Mark 4.5".
In December 2015 an almost identical wrist chronograph with prototype no. 162 was auctioned at Christie’s in New York for 25,000 U.S. dollar. Another example without a number sold for 12,500 U.S. dollar in June 2019.
An important automatic vintage PROTOTYPE wrist chronograph with 12h counter, tachy scale, indicators for date and the weekdays in French writing and 24h indicator
Case: steel, screw back. Dial: black.
The hand-engraved number 63 beneath the balance designates this fine timepiece as a prototype. At the time Omega used the number to mark their preproduction pieces. This automatic wrist chronograph is set between the Speedmaster Mark IV and the so-called Speedmaster "Mark 4.5".
In December 2015 an almost identical wrist chronograph with prototype no. 162 was auctioned at Christie’s in New York for 25,000 U.S. dollar. Another example without a number sold for 12,500 U.S. dollar in June 2019.
Sold
estimated
8.000—15.000 €
Price realized
7.700 €