OMEGA Speedmaster Automatic - Reference 176.0015. - Lot 112

OMEGA Speedmaster Automatic - Reference 176.0015. Steel bracelet chronograph with automatic winding. Barrel case made by Huguenin Frères (HF hallmark), smooth bezel, graduated internal tachometric scale, fluted crown, round pushers, screw-down caseback engraved in Seamaster medallion format with seahorse. Black dial, painted baton hour markers, white baton minute track, white baton hands with luminescent patina paint highlights, perpetual seconds at 9 o'clock, elapsed minutes totalizer in the center with plane and hour hand (on 12 o'clock) at 6 o'clock, central arrow second hand for chronograph function painted in white, 24-hour day/night indication at 12 o'clock, day and date window in French at 3 o'clock, painted logo. Movement: mechanical self-winding with oscillating weight. Caliber 1045 17 jewels - Numbered 77999713 (circa 1975). Case, dial and movement signed. Case dimensions: 39 x 44 mm. Integrated Omega steel bracelet with Omega folding clasp - Reference 1204/212. This iteration of the Speedmaster, equipped with the 1045 automatic movement, offers a number of new complications for this model (such as a day-night indicator via a 24-hour scale), all in a case that is atypical for a Speedmaster. It is part of the revival of the Speedmaster, with the arrival of complications and different case shapes from the conventional Speedmaster.