Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

LOT 156

?Apollo XI - Moon Watch? Omega "Speedmaster Professional", No. 238. Made from 1969-1972 to commemorate the Apollo Xl mission to the moon. Very fine and rare limited production, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Omega link bracelet with deployant clasp.

CHF 12,000 - 14,000

EUR 8,000 - 9,000 / USD 10,000 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 12,075

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down dedicated case back, tachometer graduation on the bronzed bezel to 500 units per hour. D. Brushed gilt with applied yellow gold with black enamel indexes, outer minutes and fifths of seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Black enameled "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 861, gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Created to commemorate the most important event of the 20th century, this model was manufactured beginning in autumn 1969, the first in a special series of 28 numbered pieces. Bearing the inscription "To mark man's conquest of space with time, through time, on time", along with the receiver's name, it was given to each of the astronauts then active at a gala dinner on November 25, 1969, at Houston?s Hotel Warwick. Due to its success, a total of 1,014 of this watch model were produced until 1972. The pieces bear the inscription? Omega Speedmaster - Apollo XI- 1969, the first watch worn on the moon?. Another watch from this series, No. 290, was sold by Antiquorum, Hong Kong, February 10, 2005, Lot 245.