OMEGAMANIA
LOT 276
“FIFA PROTOTYPE”

Omega, “FIFA”, No. 4064794, Ref. ST 11003-2. Made in 1979. Fine and exceptionally rare, cushion-shaped, stainless steel soccer referee`s wristwatch with round button chronograph, central minute recorder, 12-hour register, day and date, and a stainless steel Omega bracelet with deployant clasp. This watch is sold with a box and Certificate of Authenticity.
C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, integral crown and pusher guard, screw-down back. D. Black with luminous baton indexes, inner white Arabic five minute markers, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, outermost inclined minute divisions up to 45 minutes in orange, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 12-hour registers, day and date apertures, the FIFAlogo at 12. Luminous white “baton” hands. M. Cal. 1045, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 x 43 mm. Thickness 15 mm.
Estimate: 2,000 CHF - 3,000 CHF
Estimate: 1,300 EUR - 2,000 EUR
Estimate: 1,700 USD - 2,500 USD
Grading system

C 2 D 2-01 M 1 AAA
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The letters FIFA stand for the “Fédération Internationale de Football Association”, the umbrella organization for World Cup soccer. The present lot is the prototype for a small series of watches produced in the 1970’s for FIFA referees.
OMEGAMANIA
15-04-2007
Sold including buyer's premium:
4,720 CHF