Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, May 08, 2010

LOT 367

Omega Apollo-Soyuz Omega, ?Apollo-Soyuz?, No. I.209, movement No. 39181098, Ref. ST 145.0022. Made in a numbered edition for the Italian market on April 12, 1976, to commemorate the first international space "rendez-vous" in 1975. Fine and very rare, asymmetric, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, black bezel with tachometer and a stainless steel Omega bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by the Extract from the Archives.

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

USD 6,700 - 8,500 / EUR 5,000 - 6,300

Sold: CHF 28,800

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, integral crown and pusher guard, black bezel with tachometer graduated to 500 UPH, screw-down back with the emblem of the Apollo-Soyuz Mission, engraved: ?Gemini-Apollo- Soyuz?, anti-dust cap. D. Black with painted luminous baton indexes, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds division, ?Apollo-Soyuz? emblem at 12 o`clock. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 861, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14.3 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. ST 145.0022 was made to commemorate one of the most significant events in space history, the 1975 Apollo- Soyuz mission, which was the first joint American-Soviet mission. Prior to this historical mission, the Soviet Space Agency had used a multitude of watches, however one brave Omega executive told the Cosmonauts that ?If they wanted to be on time for their rendez-vous with the Americans they should be wearing the same watches?. From that day, the ?Speedmaster? became the official watch of the Cosmonauts.