100th Auction
2019/11/15
Lot 90
Omega "Speedmaster", Movement No. 16648570, Ref. 2915-3, Cal. 321, 39 mm, circa 1959
An important vintage wristwatch with chronograph, 30 min. and 12h counter, auxiliary seconds and tachy bezel, produced on June 18th, 1959 and delivered to New Zealand - with Omega extract from the archives
Case: steel, screw back with Speedmaster logo, anti-magnetic soft iron cup, "Omega" buckle. Dial: black, luminous alpha hands, later original hand of the 12h counter.
Speedmaster reference 2915-3
This watch is one of the very few original "Speedmaster" models ref. 2915 to have come on the market in recent years.
The famous Omega Speedmaster was launched in 1957 and remained unchanged until 1959. By then not even 4,000 watches had been produced; while references 2915-1 and 2915-2 had been more or less identical, small updates were now made for the third series (reference 2915-3): The original broad arrow hands were replaced with alpha hands (with an elongated hour hand) and a black aluminium bezel was used frequently. Still later versions used a black, inserted bezel graduated to 500 km/h. The famous astronaut Walter Schirra wore this updated reference CK 2998 when he walked in space during the Mercury 7 mission.
This Speedmaster ref. 2915 has the 39 mm water-resistant case with black tachy bezel, which is graduated to 300 km/h. The calibre 321 movement is protected by an anti-magnetic soft iron cap. The dial features the applied metal "Omega" logo as opposed to the usual printed version and the slimmer "Omega" signature in a different fond where "O" and "G" are almost oval in shape. Another distinctive feature is the simple "Swiss Made" below 6 o'clock, without "T" designation.
An important vintage wristwatch with chronograph, 30 min. and 12h counter, auxiliary seconds and tachy bezel, produced on June 18th, 1959 and delivered to New Zealand - with Omega extract from the archives
Case: steel, screw back with Speedmaster logo, anti-magnetic soft iron cup, "Omega" buckle. Dial: black, luminous alpha hands, later original hand of the 12h counter.
Speedmaster reference 2915-3
This watch is one of the very few original "Speedmaster" models ref. 2915 to have come on the market in recent years.
The famous Omega Speedmaster was launched in 1957 and remained unchanged until 1959. By then not even 4,000 watches had been produced; while references 2915-1 and 2915-2 had been more or less identical, small updates were now made for the third series (reference 2915-3): The original broad arrow hands were replaced with alpha hands (with an elongated hour hand) and a black aluminium bezel was used frequently. Still later versions used a black, inserted bezel graduated to 500 km/h. The famous astronaut Walter Schirra wore this updated reference CK 2998 when he walked in space during the Mercury 7 mission.
This Speedmaster ref. 2915 has the 39 mm water-resistant case with black tachy bezel, which is graduated to 300 km/h. The calibre 321 movement is protected by an anti-magnetic soft iron cap. The dial features the applied metal "Omega" logo as opposed to the usual printed version and the slimmer "Omega" signature in a different fond where "O" and "G" are almost oval in shape. Another distinctive feature is the simple "Swiss Made" below 6 o'clock, without "T" designation.
estimated
29.000—40.000 €
Price realized
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