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Lot Essay
Accompanied by an OMEGA Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch with black "Meister" dial on 9 September 1970 and its subsequent delivery to Switzerland. Further accompanied by an OMEGA presentation box.
The present watch is extremely rare as it has two notable particularities. Firstly, this watch is retailed by the Swiss retailer Meister. Custom made for Meister jewelers, a company established in 1881, it is thought that all of the watches this retailer sold during the 1970s had their signature on the dial. The signature can be seen below the word Professional and sets apart this OMEGA Speedmaster from others as of the added designation. Secondly, when looking closely one can see that the scale on the tachymeter is incorrect for this reference. In fact, a small number of first generation bezels produced in the fall of 1970 have a marking error. The graduation in scale should read 225, 200, 190, instead these bezels were marked 225, 220, and 190, with 220 appearing instead of 200. Remarkably this error was completely unintended but the incorrect bezels have become incredibly sought after due to their limited number.
An example of the Speedmaster reference 145002 is illustrated and described in OMEGA, A Journey Through Time by
Marco Richon, 2007, p. 604.
The present watch is extremely rare as it has two notable particularities. Firstly, this watch is retailed by the Swiss retailer Meister. Custom made for Meister jewelers, a company established in 1881, it is thought that all of the watches this retailer sold during the 1970s had their signature on the dial. The signature can be seen below the word Professional and sets apart this OMEGA Speedmaster from others as of the added designation. Secondly, when looking closely one can see that the scale on the tachymeter is incorrect for this reference. In fact, a small number of first generation bezels produced in the fall of 1970 have a marking error. The graduation in scale should read 225, 200, 190, instead these bezels were marked 225, 220, and 190, with 220 appearing instead of 200. Remarkably this error was completely unintended but the incorrect bezels have become incredibly sought after due to their limited number.
An example of the Speedmaster reference 145002 is illustrated and described in OMEGA, A Journey Through Time by
Marco Richon, 2007, p. 604.