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Just a very "quick and dirty" personal assessment of some Omega results at yesterday's Phillips auction

I attended the viewing and subsequent Phillips auction in Geneva yesterday. Primary purpose was to meet with "real life" people, good watch collecting friends and this event offers a great opportunity to do so.

All Pictures except the cover picture: credit to Phillips Bacs & Russo Auctions.

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Lot 18 was a CK 2451 issued to the Airforce of Argentina. A nice, classic, military watch that is quite rare. It went for CHF 20'000 which is in my view a solid but fair price.

Lot 36 was a really interesting one: Omega 145.014 Speedmaster Alaska I Prototype issued to NASA. It is always difficult to estimate price ranges for prototypes. Phillips estimated CHF 40-60k but the lot went after quite a hefty bidding war for CHF 193'750

Lot 37 was a classical "Ed White" i.e. a ST 105.003-65 which ended at the lower range of the estimate (20-30) and was sold for CHF 21'250. I think a fair price for the watch and condition.

Lot 39: This one was a bit of a debate ahead of the autions and I picked up some interesting "behind the scenes" comments. Not surprisingly, bidding was - let me call it - careful and the watch passed un-sold

Lastly I pick the original "Trilogy" starting with Lot 111, the Speedmaster CK 2915-1. As you might remember I posted a short note ahead of the auction stating that I did not expect new records on the 2915 this weekend and this is what we have seen coming true. This one was estimated CHF 150-300k and it sold for CHF 200'000. I think this is a good price level and I would see this as a "new floor" for decent quality 2915 going forward.

Lot 112 was the Omega Railmaster CK 2914-1: good condition, rare "dash-one" and consequently it went at the upper part of the estimate at CHF 47'500 which I think is a very nice and rich level.

Equally Lot 113, the Seamaster CK 2913-3 was obviously not a "dash one" but a "dash three". This is by the way still a mystery to me as I have never seen a 2913 "dash one" and I had picked up from some collectors that 2913 do not exist as "dash one". This is not an established fact but something I need to dig into at some point. It sold at the upper range of the estimate for CHF 50'000 which again I would call a nice and rich level

Lastly, we had a very nice, clean Speedmaster CK 2915-2 as Lot number 114. This one was estimated at CHF 150-250 and it actually sold for CHF 225'000, hence slightly higher than the 2915-1. The dial of this "-2" is in really remarkable condition and - again - I think we have seen a bit of a new definition of a floor price for 2915 going forward at around CHF 200'000

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