Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 14, 2017

LOT 375

OMEGA REF. 145022-74 SPEEDMASTER PROFESSIONAL CHRONO WITH EARLIER 145022-71 STEPPED DIAL, STEEL Omega, movement No. 35579789, Ref. ST 145022-74. Made circa 1974. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer.

Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, dust cap, screwed- down case back with central Speedmaster logo and engraved: "First Watch Worn on the Moon, Flight-Qualified by Nasa for All Manned Space Missions," case frame engraved: 1561/2000 Apollo XI-1969, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 500 UPH. Black with luminous baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12- hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous white baton hands. Cal. 861, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, micrometer regulator.