96,000 HKD
Ref. 145022, Apollo XI Omega, “Speedmaster Professional”, No. 445, Ref. 145022-69. Made in a limited series of 1014 pieces ”to mark man’s conquest of space with time, through time, on time” in 1969. Fine and rare, asymmetrical, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch, round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Omega link bracelet with deployant clasp. Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, screwed-down case back engraved: “First Watch Worn on the Moon – Omega Speedmaster Apollo XI”, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 500 UPH. Champagne with black baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds division. Blackened steel baton hands. Cal. 861, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-06-08
