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    • Each of jeweled lever movement, bezel and bracelet entirely set with emeralds and diamonds, sapphires and diamonds or rubies and diamonds, one minute tourbillon carriage with mono-metallic compensation balance visible on center of dial, silvered-engined turned dial with navette-shaped numerals, mystery hour and minute lozenge-form hands on two rotating sapphire crystal discs, central ring engraved for seconds with navette-shaped indicator hand,  winding crown in band at three o'clock and setting crown on back, mounted in 18K white gold.

    • Each signed 'Omega',   No. 1.

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    Omega

    Swiss • 1848

    Omega'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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A Rare and Exceptional Set of Three Gem-Set and Diamond Tourbillon Wristwatches

Each of jeweled lever movement, bezel and bracelet entirely set with emeralds and diamonds, sapphires and diamonds or rubies and diamonds, one minute tourbillon carriage with mono-metallic compensation balance visible on center of dial, silvered-engined turned dial with navette-shaped numerals, mystery hour and minute lozenge-form hands on two rotating sapphire crystal discs, central ring engraved for seconds with navette-shaped indicator hand,  winding crown in band at three o'clock and setting crown on back, mounted in 18K white gold.
Each signed 'Omega',   No. 1.

Estimate
CHF250,000 - 350,000 

Sold for CHF254,500

Magnificent Jewels

18 Nov 2008, 4pm
Geneva