Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 7

Omega - Steel - Speedmaster - Professional Omega, "Speedmaster, Professional," movement No. 48241378, Ref. ST 145022. Made circa 1980. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by 4 additional links.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, anti-magnetic iron dust cover, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 500 UPH, lyre lugs, screwed-down case back embossed with the Omega emblem and engraved: The First Watch Worn On The Moon, Flight-Qualified By Nasa For All Manned Space Missions. D. Black with luminous baton indexes, outer 1/5th seconds scale, subsidiary sunk guilloche dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 861, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length 200 mm plus 4 links