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Omega. A rare and important stainless steel manual wind chronograph bracelet watch Speedmaster Professional 'Racing Dial', Ref: 145.012, Purchased 2nd December 1969 image 1
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Omega. A rare and important stainless steel manual wind chronograph bracelet watch Speedmaster Professional 'Racing Dial', Ref: 145.012, Purchased 2nd December 1969 image 3
Omega. A rare and important stainless steel manual wind chronograph bracelet watch Speedmaster Professional 'Racing Dial', Ref: 145.012, Purchased 2nd December 1969 image 4
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Omega. A rare and important stainless steel manual wind chronograph bracelet watch
Speedmaster Professional 'Racing Dial', Ref: 145.012, Purchased 2nd December 1969

12 December 2024, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Omega. A rare and important stainless steel manual wind chronograph bracelet watch

Model: Speedmaster Professional 'Racing Dial'
Reference: 145.012
Date: Purchased 2nd December 1969
Movement: 17-jewel Cal.321 manual wind, column wheel chronograph, No.26078428
Dial: Black, luminous baton hour markers with red accents, white outer 1/5th second divisions, subsidiary dials at 3, 6 and 9 for seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour recording, red pointed baton hands with luminous inserts, centre chronograph hand
Case: Brushed and polished tonneau form, screw down back, black tachymetre 'DON' insert to bezel, crown flanked by twin pushers, No.26048428
Strap/Bracelet: Brushed and polished 1039 Omega link
Buckle/Clasp: Signed folding clasp, stamped 3 69
Signed: Case, dial & movement
Size: 41mm
Accompaniments: Omega box, outer card, International Guarantee

Footnotes

Despite being known as the Moon Watch today, the Speedmaster was initially Omega's take on a chronograph wristwatch to be worn and used by racing drivers, originally released in 1957.

The current lot features a 'Racing Dial', recognisable by the 'alternating' minute track to the outside. Unlike most minute tracks, this iteration is split into intervals that protrude in and out from the dial edge. They take this particular form in order to make them as visible and easily-readable at a glance as possible, handy for the driver or navigator using it for its intended purpose.

The 145.012 Red Racing Dial Speedmaster is one of the rarest Omega watches ever produced. So rare are they that at one point they were assumed to be prototypes that mistakenly left the factory. There are two types, one with 'Professional' to the dial and one without, referred to as 'Pre-Professional.' This example is a Professional and recent estimates put the total production numbers for this iteration at just 5-10. Alongside the white alternating minute track, it is the red hour markers, teamed with red hands, which marks out these incredibly rare watches.

This example comes from the son of the original owner. As he recounts it, his father was prompted by his employer to visit a jeweller of his choice to select a watch thanking him for 50 years of service. On attending a small family-run jeweller in Hamilton, a town in the west of Scotland, he chose the Speedmaster, unaware of its rarity, as was the jeweller presumably. He wore the watch frequently, eventually leaving it to the vendor who kept it in a drawer for approximately forty years until early 2024.

Complete with box and International Guarantee, this lot presents a wonderful opportunity to own an incredibly rare and very significant piece of Omega history.

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