Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 213

Apollo XI Omega, "Speedmaster Professional", No. A188, movement No. 45540847, Ref. BA 345.802. Made in a numbered series in the 1980s, sold on April 30th, 2004. Fine and rare, asymmetric, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer, an 18K yellow gold Omega link bracelet and an 18K white gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by a wooden Omega box, warranty and instruction booklet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, transparent snap-on case back engraved with: ?First Watch Worn On The Moon - Apollo XI 1969?, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 500 UPH, lyre lugs. D. Gold with applied yellow gold and black faceted indexes, subsidiary guilloché dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute and 1/5th seconds division. Black baton hands. M. Cal. 861, rhodiumplated, 19 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. Approx. overall length 175 mm.