Post by Houston on Nov 7, 2007 8:07:06 GMT -5
November 7 2007
OMEGA SPEEDMASTER PERPETUAL
The Speedmaster Perpetual, vintage 1991 was made in celebration of the 700th anniversary of Switzerland and sold primarily in Japan. It is housed in the case of the 39mm Speedmaster model with an unusual feature of an octagonal signed crown and complete with tachymetre scale on a gold bezel and Moonphase correctors located in the band beneath the bezel adjacent to the 250 and 160 UPH positions.
This very fine and rare timepiece featured a 30 minute totaliser with month and leap year indicator in the 9 o’clock position, a 12 hour totalizer with days of the week ring at 6 o’clock and a small seconds sub dial with date ring at 12 o’clock. In addition, a Moonphase indicator at 3 o’clock crowns the OMEGA name, symbol and “ Perpetual ” legend. There is an outer minute and sixty-second track which is graduated to a fifth of a second. Black baton hands facilitate instant readout of time and timing functions while the central chronograph seconds is in yellow gold.
Power is derived from the OMEGA cal 1160 rhodium-plated movement with a straight-line lever escapement and bearing 27 jewels, “oeil-de-perdrix” decoration, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring and micrometer regulator.
The screw-in caseback is engraved “Schweiz – Suisse – Svizzera, 1291 – 1991, Speedmaster Perpetual” at the edge and “Maison Fondée en 1848” in the center.
Pictures – antiquorum.com
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