Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 51

Apollo XIII Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional?, No. 558/999, case No. 48340331, Ref. 3450022. Made in a limited series of 999 examples to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Apollo XIII mission in 1995. Fine and rare, asymmetric, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, Apollo XIII emblem on the subsidiary seconds dial at 9, and a stainless steel Omega bracelet with deployant clasp signed ?Speedmaster Professional?. Accompanied by the original box, warranty, certificate, instruction booklet, Apollo XIII patch, extra links and booklet.

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- Apollo 13- Limited Series?. D. Matte black with painted luminous baton indexes, sunk guilloché subsidiary dials for the constant seconds with Apollo XIII emblem and the words ?Ex Luna, Scientia?, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 861, 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 170 mm.