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1037
Omega
Ref. 3990.50
X-33
A quartz titanium calendar chronograph wristwatch
- Estimate
- HK$7,800 - 15,500•€880 - 1,700$1,000 - 2,000
HK$7,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Omega
- Year
- Circa 1998
- Reference No
- 3990.50
- Case No
- 55’982’142
- Model Name
- X-33
- Material
- Titanium
- Calibre
- Quartz, cal. 1666
- Bracelet/Strap
- Titanium Omega bracelet
- Clasp/Buckle
- Titanium Omega deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 45mm Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Introduced in 1998, it was designed by former NASA Apollo X astronaut, General Tom Stafford. The X-33 was used in the space shuttle mission STS-89 in the same year it was produced. The present piece is a first series example presented in overall excellent condition.
Omega
Swiss | 1848Omega's rich history begins with its founder, Louis Brandt, who established the firm in 1848 in La Chaux de Fonds. In 1903, the company changed its name to Omega, becoming the only watch brand in history to have been named after one its own movements. A full-fledged manufacturer of highly accurate, affordable and reliable watches, its sterling reputation enabled them to be chosen as the first watch company to time the Olympic Games beginning in 1932. Its continued focus on precision and reliability ultimately led their Speedmaster chronograph wristwatch to be chosen by NASA in 1965 — the first watch worn on the moon.Key models sought-after by collectors include their first, oversized water-resistant chronograph — the reference 2077, early Speedmaster models such as the CK 2915 and 2998, military-issued versions of the Seamaster and oversized chronometer models such as those fitted with their prestigious caliber 30T2Rg.
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