Omega
Seamaster Ploprof, reference 166.0077 Montre bracelet en acier avec date | Stainless steel wristwatch with date and bracelet Vers 1970 | Circa 1970
Lot Closed
September 30, 10:15 AM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Omega
Seamaster Ploprof, reference 166.0077
Montre bracelet en acier avec date |
Stainless steel wristwatch with date and bracelet
Vers 1970 |
Circa 1970
Cadran: noir
Calibre: cal. 1002 automatique, 20 rubis
Numéro de mouvement: 33'120'361
Boîtier: acier, fond vissé, valve helium
Fermoir: bracelet Omega en acier avec fermoir
Dimensions: 55 x 48 mm, circonférence du bracelet approx. 195 mm
Signé: boîtier, cadran et mouvement
Ecrin: non
Papiers: non
Accessoires: aucun
Dial: black
Calibre: cal. 1002 automatic, 20 jewels
Movement number: 33'120'361
Case: stainless steel, screw-down back, helium valve
Closure: stainless steel Omega bracelet and folding clasp
Dimensions: 55 x 48 mm, bracelet circumference approx. 195 mm
Signed: case, dial and movement
Box: no
Papers: no
Accessories: none
Poids brut 181 g |
Gross weight 181 g
With the technical advancements that were made in the scuba diving in industry during the 60s and 70s came the need for better designed equipment. Watches in particular were important tools used by professional divers and were heavily relied upon. This new demand for precision timepieces that could tolerate the stresses of prolonged, deep-water, submersion sparked a period of significant innovation within watch manufacturer.
Omega, who had just recently provided watches to NASA for the astronauts that went to the moon, naturally embraced this new challenge with similar vigour. And so, working in collaboration with COMEX (the Compagnie Maritime d’Expertise), the Omega Seamaster Professional 600 was born.
The Plongeur Professionel nicknamed ‘PloProf’ was marketed as being able to withstand depths of up to 2000ft, comfortably enduring Omega’s "Seabed-to-Everest" torture testing. Tests conducted later by Ocean Systems Inc., a diving research centre operating out of the United States, concluded the watch was ‘more watertight’ than a submarine.