Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 23, 2011

LOT 273

OMEGA SPEEDMASTER ?APOLLO 11? 40TH ANNIVERSARY Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional ? 02:56 GMT?, No. 3416/7969, case No. 77223935, Ref. 31130423001002. Made in a limited edition of 7969 pieces in 2009 to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11, sold on December, 2009. Fine, asymmetric, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, black bezel with tachometer, Apollo XI medallion 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, instruction booklet, Apollo XI medal and Certificate of Authenticity.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, black tachometer bezel, crown and pusher with integrated guard, screwdown case back engraved: ?The First Watch Worn On The Moon, July 21, 1969, 3416/7969? engraved with an Eagle landing on the moon with the earth in the background and ?Apollo XI, 40th Anniversary?. D. Black with luminous baton indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds with the Apollo XI medallion emblem, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 1861, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length 200 mm.