8,625 CHF
Omega, "Speedmaster Professional Apollo-Soyuz", No. 3006960, case No. 145.022. Manufactured in 1975. Production of the Speedmaster started in 1957. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel cosmonaut-type wristwatch with round button chronograph and registers, and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back engraved with the rocket over the Atlantic Ocean and the Continents and the dedication: "Gemini * Apollo * Soyuz (in Russian)", anti-magnetic protecting cap, tachometer graduation on the black bezel, stylized lapidated lugs. black with tritium-coated indexes, subsidiary seconds, 12 hour and 30 minute registers dials, below the 12, the blue and red logo "Apollo-Soyouz" in English and in Russian surrounding the world and the rocket. Tritium-coated white "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. Approx. overall length: 190 mm. Notes In honor of this historical meeting in space, Omega created a limited series of 500 Speedmasters with the emblem "Apollo-Soyuz" on the dial. The American and Russian cosmonauts wore an Omega Speedmaster as well during this mission.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2004-04-24
