Omega Speedmaster*** CK 2998-1 Tropical*** 1960

Omega Speedmaster CK 2998-1 Tropical 1960

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OMEGA Speedmaster CK2998-1 Tropical, Lollipop Hand, Circa 1960
Serial: 17302XXX
Circa: 1960
Reference No.: CK2998-1

CASE: 39mm, stainless steel, steel with black bezel base 1000 tachymeter

DIAL: Light brown tropical aged matte dial with applied logo, radium hour markers, swiss made
Alpha h/m hands, lollipop seconds chrono hand and dagger counter hands

MOVEMENT: Calibre 321, hand-wound column wheel chronograph, 17 jewels

BRACELET: Stainless steel Omega bracelet, dated

CONDITION REPORT: All original dial, hands, bezel, crown and case as well as its original steel bracelet. The tropical dial is a beautiful light brown dial and the radium and surface are impeccable and untouched. The case appears to be unpolished and the lugs are still in their thick original state.

Notes:

This reference CK2998-1 is the first Speedmaster with the 2998 reference and the lollipop chronograph hand. This particular watch has a beautifully aged ‘tropical’ brown dial.
The watch, with a 17 million serial number, is 100% correct.
The dial, lollipop chrono hand, dagger counter hands and h/m alpha hands are correct for this reference.
This is one of the nicest examples for this reference with a tropical dial and is extremely rare and collectible.

It comes with an archives extract from the Omega museum & its original papers.