$5,520
Omega "Speedmaster Professional", No 054. Produced in 1969. Very fine and rare, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a gold plated Omega buckle. Accompanied by a box. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down dedicated case back, tachometer graduation on the brown bezel to 500 units per hour. champagne with applied yellow gold black enameled indexes, auxiliary sunk dials for the seconds, the 12 hour and 30 minute registers. "Bâton" black enameled hands. Notes This series of watches was specially made to mark man's conquest of space. A special numbered series of 1014 pieces in solid gold bearing the engraving "Omega Speedmaster - Apollo XI 1969 - The First Watch Worn on the Moon" and a number between 1 and 1014 was launched at the end of November 1969, in tribute to the sensational exploit of man's first landing on the Moon. An initial series of 50 to 100 pieces was produced, followed by subsequent series until a total of 1014 pieces was reached in 1973. 39 of these watches were offered to the astronauts and public personalities of that period, No. 1 to President Richard M. Nixon and No. 2 to Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2002-09-25
