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New York, Dec 11, 2008

LOT 43

Yellow Gold Apollo XI Speedmaster Professional Omega, No. 28080634, Ref. 145022-69. Made in 1969. Fine, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Omega link bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, dust cover, screwed-down case back engraved: Apollo XI 1969 The First Watch Worn On The Moon, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 500 UPH, lyre lugs. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold and black inlay indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary sunk guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Yellow gold and black baton hands. M. Cal. 861, coppercolored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 13 mm.