OMEGAMANIA

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Apr 15, 2007

LOT 227

?APOLLO XI?

Omega, ?Speedmaster, Professional?, No. 238, movement No. 48335137, Ref. BA 145.022-69. Made in a limited edition of 1014 examples from 1969 to 1972. Very fine and rare, asymmetric, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers with an 18K yellow gold Omega bracelet with deployant clasp. This watch is sold with a box, Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year Omega guarantee. Property of a Swiss Collector. To be sold without reserve

CHF 11,000 - 13,000

EUR 7,000 - 8,200 / USD 9,000 - 11,000

Sold: CHF 29,500

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, with lyre lugs, crown and pusher with integral guard, burgundy revolving bezel, graduated tachometer scale, screwed-down case back, engraved ?THE FIRST WATCH WORN ON THE MOON, 238, OMEGA SPEEDMASTER- APOLLO XI 1969?. D. Gold with applied blackpainted gold indexes, applied Omega logo at 12, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Black ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 861, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 48 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. BA 145.022 The ?Speedmaster Apollo XI 1969, the first watch worn on the moon?, was created to commemorate the most important event of modern history. This model was launched in autumn 1969. Twenty-eight watches in this series bore the inscription ?To mark man's conquest of space with time, through time, on time? along with the receiver?s name, and were presented to each of the astronauts then active, as well as to President Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew, at a gala dinner on November 25, 1969 in Houston. The remaining watches in the series bore the inscription ?Omega Speedmaster - Apollo XI 1969 - The First Watch Worn on the Moon?.