Auction Report Omega Speedmaster Sets A New Record, Selling For $275,508 At Bukowskis In Sweden
A long-lost CK 2915-1 also shows what an honest, untouched watch should look like.

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/omega-speedmaster-new-record-bukowskis-sweden

 

Wow that was today too? And the Phillips auction? Talk about concentrating all the good stuff in a small period of time.

 

@rcs914
We're definitely in high auction season! Besides the mega sale coming up at Phillips in just a few hours, get ready for the (at Phillips again) impressive Heuer-themed and Geneva Auction 6 sales coming up on Novemebr 11.

 

$150k on the Alaska III - sounds like "Mr Speedmaster" got outbid

 

pocket money....... Paul Newman`s Rolex Daytona just sold for US$ 15,5 million $$$$...... kind regards. achim

 

I heard that too.

 

This will certainly bring more juice to vintage Omega collecting. I read comments on a couple articles about the 2915 that basically said “Omega? I guess I haven’t been paying any attention...really? Omega?”.

The Sub/Daytona guys are starting to smell the green... Fake DONs are being traded in dark smoky rooms... Stay tuned for more antics and runaway BINflation.

 

I feel like the word untouched shouldn't have been used to describe the bezel in the summary. It does mention wear in the full article though.

 

I enjoyed watching the Phillips auction on live stream last night, and obviously Paul Newmans 6239 rightly deserved its new world record. But i couldn't help thinking throughout the auction what a bargain this amazing 2915-1 was, compared to most of the other big ticket lots that were going through.

If anything it only highlighted what good value the vintage Speedy still represents i.m.o

I think the recent buyer of the 2915-1 may wake up today thinking they got a relative bargain!

 

Well if you compare the provenance and the rarity of the 2915 with something like the equivalent average at Philips,last night, of the Daytona’s at $264,000 which are neither as rare or as storied you can get a sense of the mismatch

 

I think you may well be right! Nice observation.