Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 76

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.

USD 11,000 - 16,000

EUR 8,500 - 12,000 / CHF 13,000 - 19,000

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, copper-colored, 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.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3-11

Good

Slightly worn
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. BA 145022 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?.