Omega - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: EIGHT Hong Kong Monday, May 27, 2019 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Omega
    Year: Circa 1998
    Reference No: 3990.50
    Case No: 55’982’142
    Model Name: X-33
    Material: Titanium
    Calibre: Quartz, cal. 1666
    Bracelet/Strap: Titanium Omega bracelet
    Clasp/Buckle: Titanium Omega deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 45mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed

  • Catalogue Essay

    Introduced in 1998, it was designed by former NASA Apollo X astronaut, General Tom Stafford. The X-33 was used in the space shuttle mission STS-89 in the same year it was produced. The present piece is a first series example presented in overall excellent condition.

  • 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.

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This Lot is to be Sold with No Reserve

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Lot offered with No Reserve

Ref. 3990.50
A quartz titanium calendar chronograph wristwatch

Circa 1998
45mm Diameter
Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed

Estimate
HK$7,800 - 15,500 
€880-1,700
$1,000-2,000

Sold for HK$7,500

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