Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces.

Geneva, Nov 13, 2010

LOT 15

Apollo XVI Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional?, case No. 48383322, Ref. 1450022. Made in 1998. Fine and rare, asymmetric, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, Apollo XVI emblem on the subsidiary seconds dial at 9, and a stainless steel Omega bracelet with deployant clasp signed ?Speedmaster Professional?. Accompanied by an Omega wooden box and extra links.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, lyre-lugs, black bezel with tachometer, back engraved: ?Flight-Qualified By NASA For All Manned Space Missions ? The First Watch Worn On The Moon?. D. Matte black with painted luminous baton indexes, sunk guilloché subsidiary dials for the constant seconds with threecolor Apollo XVI emblem and the words ?Young, Mattingly, Duke?, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/ seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions. Luminous white baton hands. m. Cal. 1861, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx overall length 165 mm. Speedmaster Professional