Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 40

Apollo XI Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional - Apollo XI?, Ref. 145.0223. Made in 1999. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, black bezel with tachometer and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, crown and pusher with integrated guard, case back with ?Apollo XI? logo and engraved: ?Apollo XI - Hello Houston - Tranquility Base Here - The Eagle Has Landed - July 21, 1969 - 02:56 GMT?, antimagnetic protection cap, black bezel with tachometer graduation to 500 UPH. D. Matte black with painted luminous baton indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 1861, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Property of Various Owners