Lot 16 · Watches Online: The Driver's Collection
speedmaster, ref. 2998-1, a stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with “tropical” dial, circa 1960
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- Estimate
- $35,000–$55,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Watches Online: The Driver's Collection, New York · 20 August 2019
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4760870
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Omega, omega | speedmaster, ref. 2998-1, a stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with “tropical” dial, circa 1960. Sotheby's, 20 Aug 2019, lot 16. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4760870.
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Omega, omega | speedmaster, ref. 2998-1, a stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with “tropical” dial, circa 1960. Sotheby's, 20 Aug 2019, lot 16. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4760870.
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|---|---|---|---|
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.