Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 20, 2016

LOT 177

OMEGA REF. 145022 SPEEDMASTER PROFESSIONAL CHRONO STEEL Omega, movement No. 48267414, Ref. ST 145022. Made circa 1980. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet with deployant clasp.

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.