Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 08, 2011

LOT 221

OMEGA ?STEEL SPEEDMASTER "ED WHITE" Omega, ?Speedmaster,? No. 19834854, Ref. S 105002-62. Made circa 1965. Fine and unusual, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, tachometer and an associated stainless steel bracelet.

USD 5,000 - 8,000

CHF 4,300 - 7,000 / EUR 3,500 - 5,500

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, black bezel with tachometer scale to 500 UPH, screw-down case back with Speedmaster logo, anti-magnetic protection cap. D. Black with luminous painted baton indexes, outer 1/5th second divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 321, 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 13 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3-9

Good

Scratched
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

This reference is also called ?Ed White? by collectors because this is the Speedmaster reference that was used during the first EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity), or Space Walk, made by the astronaut Ed White during the Gemini 4 mission on June 3, 1965. The watch does not have the ?Professional? title on the dial and features straight lugs. The present lot also exhibits an attractive slight fading of the bezel.