1963 Stainless Steel Speedmaster Wristwatch by OMEGA
1963 Stainless Steel Speedmaster Wristwatch by OMEGA
1963 Stainless steel Speedmaster Ref: 105.002 wristwatch by OMEGA
The black dial features baton hour indices, baton hands with central chronograph seconds, outer minute track with strokes to 1/5th of a second, subsidiary seconds at 9 o’clock, 30 minute register at 3 o’clock, 12 hour register at 6 o’clock and 'Dot Over 90' tachymetric scale bezel in good condition.
In 1962 this reference had a change in naming convention from 2998-62 to the new reference number system making it Ref: 105.002. This example was made during the end of its short, 6 month production run as demonstrated by its inclusion of baton hands rather than the earlier steel alpha hands seen on the 2998. The dial does not feature 'T' marks denoting tritium and was the last reference to carry the silver rehaut.
Price: £22,000
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