82,600 HKD
“Skeletonized Prototype” Lemania, Made as a prototype in the late 1970s. Fine, rare and unusual, oversized, 18K yellow gold skeletonized pocket watch with splitseconds chronograph and 30-minute register. Three-body, massive, “pomme”, engine-turned bezel, transparent back, co-axial start-stop in the crown, olive pusher in the band at 11, sapphire crystals. Engraved blackened gold chapter ring with radial Roman numerals, inner gold chapter ring with black five-minute/seconds Arabic numerals and 1/5th second divisions. Black hands. Cal. 1130 S, skeletonized, gilt brass and brushed steel, fully chased and engraved, 23 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balance spring, “swan-neck” micrometer regulator. Visible brushed steel chronograph work on the back plate. Diam. 69 mm. Thickness 23.5 mm. Property of an Swiss Gentleman Notes The present watch is one of a series of prototypes made by Lemania for Omega. For an example of the watch as commercialized by Omega, see Antiquorum’s Omegamania sale, April 15, 2007, lot 291.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-06-02