Omega - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: EIGHT Hong Kong Monday, May 27, 2019 | Phillips

Create your first list.

Select an existing list or create a new list to share and manage lots you follow.

  • Manufacturer: Omega
    Year: Circa 1995
    Reference No: 3590.50.00
    Case No: 48’328’720
    Model Name: Speedmaster Professional, Moon Watch
    Material: Stainless steel
    Calibre: Manual, cal. 861, 18 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Stainless steel Omega bracelet, endlinks stamped 812, max length 210mm
    Clasp/Buckle: Stainless steel Omega deployant clasp, stamped 1479
    Dimensions: 42mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and buckle signed
    Accessories: Accompanied with Omega International Warranty signed Geneve Watch Centre, Kowloon and dated 10.9.95, fitted presentation box, hang tag, product literature and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    As collectors are aware on July 21th, 1969 when Neil Armstrong set foot on the surface of the moon becoming the first man on the moon, he inadvertently created a new line of watches for the Omega group, the “Moon Watch". Today, one of the most iconic and beloved chronographs, the Speedmaster Professional has been reintroduced in both standard production and limited editions over the last 50 years and is still available through the brand today. Each model maintains the look and feel with minute and hour registers along with subsidiary seconds similar to the first references on the moon, 105.012 and 145.012.

    The reference 3590.50 from the late 1980s is a lovely representation of this legendary model. The present watch is in new old stock condition and accompanied by its original international warranty and presentation box.

  • Artist Biography

    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.

    View More Works

1126

Ref. 3590.50.00
An attractive and well-preserved stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, international warranty and presentation box

Circa 1995
42mm Diameter
Case, dial, movement and buckle signed

Estimate
HK$25,000 - 40,000 
€2,800-4,500
$3,200-5,100

Sold for HK$50,000

Contact Specialist

Thomas Perazzi
Head of Watches, Asia
thomasperazzi@phillips.com
+852 2318 2001

The Hong Kong Watch Auction: EIGHT

Hong Kong Auction 28 May 2019