Collector's Pocket Watches Wristwatch...

Grand Havana Room, New York, May 08, 2002

LOT 120

Omega, "Speedmaster Professional". Production of the Speedmaster started in 1957.Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer and a stainless steel Omega buckle.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, anti-magnetic protecting shield, tachometer graduation on the bezel, stylized lapidated lugs. D. black with tritium-coated indexes, auxiliary dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers. "Skeleton" tritium-coated hands. M. Cal. 861, gilt brass, 17 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Engraved on the back: "Flight qualified by NASA for all manned space missions - The first watch worn on the moon", and the Speedmaster logo.Diam. 42 mm.