22nd May, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST
Jewellery, Watches & Silver
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A Rare and Early Speedmaster Pre-Moon Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch, signed Omega,...
A Rare and Early Speedmaster Pre-Moon Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch, signed Omega, model: Speedmaster, ref: 2915-3, 1958, (calibre 321) lever movement signed and numbered 15996393, column wheel chronograph, movement dust cover, black dial with luminous baton hour markers, three dials for 30-minute, 12-hour registers and seconds, tachymeter base 1000 scale bezel, buttons in the band to operate chronograph, straight lugs, screw back engraved with the Speedmaster above the Seahorse emblem and a double bevelled edge, inside back cover stamped with maker's mark Omega Watch Co and numbered 2915-3, Omega stainless steel bracelet with a deployant clasp numbered 1125 and end links numbered 617, 38mm wide see illustrations This reference 2915-3 is one of the most desirable Speedmasters on the market today. In production between 1957 and 1959, reference 2915 is known in three different iterations,1, -2, and -3. This example is the 2915-3 and called by collectors ''The transitional early Speedmaster''. Omega used the features of the 1 and 2 iterations and combined them together to use the same features, like the early Omega script on the dial, hands and 1000 base tachymeter bezel to produce and launch this reference in 1959.
Sold for £7,500
Estimated at £8,000 - £12,000
07.04.21 Case with surface scratches, case sides with minor dents, case back Speedmaster signature and emblem is slightly rubbed, case is dirty next to the Omega logo crown, original black 1000 scale bezel with small scratches and minor dents, Omega plexi glass with surface scratches, Omega bracelet with surface scratches. This Omega bracelet would have been later added in the 1970's. In between bracelet links are dirty, original dial finish with the outer luminous baton hour markers nicely aged with a good patina, dial surface with very minor staining marks visible under an eyeglass. Dial with one very small scratch above the 12 on the 12 hour register sub dial and a very minor dirt mark to the same dial just to the left hand side of the hands central pivot. When tilting the dial towards the natural light the dial goes very slightly brown under an eyeglass, hands have been later replaced, winding smoothly and hand setting correctly, mainspring appears to be slipping when winding the watch several times, movement is clean, chronograph is working correctly, movement in going order.
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Auction: Jewellery, Watches & Silver, 22nd May, 2021
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