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Lot Essay
Accompanied by an OMEGA Extract from the Archives confirming delivery of the present watch in 1963 to Mexico.
The present model is exceedingly rare as it was produced for a very short amount of time. For only two years, between
1962 and 1964, approximately 2,200 to 2,600 examples were produced. The initial examples were fitted with 'alpha' hands, like the present lot. Later versions of this reference featured the first use of baton hands, which continue to be used through the present day.
In 1962, a new reference system was adopted by OMEGA called Mapics. It was designed to classify watches groups. Each number in the reference would correspond to a feature so distinguishing the type of watch was made easier. For example, the first number corresponds to the type of watch such as a man’s watch or a woman’s watch. The second number would refer to the type of movement such as manually wound or self-winding. This would be continued to classify all the numbers in the reference for
that watch, allowing those who are able to decode Mapics to know all its features. The reference ST 105.002 was the first to use the 1962 newly introduced coding system and therefore the present watch shares a unique part of OMEGA’s company history.
The present watch is illustrated and described in OMEGA, A Journey Through Time by Marco Richon, 2007, p. 598.
The present model is exceedingly rare as it was produced for a very short amount of time. For only two years, between
1962 and 1964, approximately 2,200 to 2,600 examples were produced. The initial examples were fitted with 'alpha' hands, like the present lot. Later versions of this reference featured the first use of baton hands, which continue to be used through the present day.
In 1962, a new reference system was adopted by OMEGA called Mapics. It was designed to classify watches groups. Each number in the reference would correspond to a feature so distinguishing the type of watch was made easier. For example, the first number corresponds to the type of watch such as a man’s watch or a woman’s watch. The second number would refer to the type of movement such as manually wound or self-winding. This would be continued to classify all the numbers in the reference for
that watch, allowing those who are able to decode Mapics to know all its features. The reference ST 105.002 was the first to use the 1962 newly introduced coding system and therefore the present watch shares a unique part of OMEGA’s company history.
The present watch is illustrated and described in OMEGA, A Journey Through Time by Marco Richon, 2007, p. 598.