Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 158

Speedmaster Professional Omega, "Speedmaster Professional", Ref. 145022-78 ST. Made circa 1973. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back engraved with the Speedmaster logo surrounded by the inscription: ?The First Watch Worn on the Moon - Flight-Qualified by Nasa for All Manned Space Missions?, anti-magnetic protection cap, tachometer graduation on the black bezel, stylized lapidated lugs. D. Black with luminous baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous white baton 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. Property of Various Owners