Important Collector's Watches, Pocket...

Geneva, Nov 11, 2007

LOT 134

Apollo Soyuz Omega, ?Speedmaster, Professional?, No. 038, Ref. BA 145.0052. Made in a limited edition of 200 examples in 1995 for the Italian market. Very fine and rare, asymmetric, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers with an 18K yellow gold Omega deployant clasp. Accompanied by a box, certificate, booklet and medal.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, crown and pusher with integral guard, black revolving bezel, graduated tachometer scale, screwed-down case back, engraved ?THE FIRST WATCH WORN ON THE MOON, FLIGHT QUALIFIED BY NASA FOR ALL MANNED SPACE MISSIONS?. D. Black with applied faceted yellow gold baton indexes, luminous dots, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 861, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 48 mm. Thickness 14 mm.