58,750 CHF
OMEGA - COSMONAUT ANATOLY ARTSEBARSKY'S 'FLOWN' SPEEDMASTER PROFESSIONAL - 144 DAYS, 15 MINUTES & 21 SECONDS IN SPACE - WORN ON 6 OPEN SPACE 'WALKS' FOR 33 HOURS - THE ONLY WATCH EVER TO SPEND EXTENDED TIME IN OPEN SPACE Omega, 'Speedmaster Professional', movement No. 48261214, Ref. 145.022 ST. Made circa 1988. Exceptionally important and internationally historic, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by an Omega box signed by the astronaut and "6 EVA" and Certificate signed by Anatoly Artsebarsky. Three-body, polished and brushed, antimagnetic iron dust cover, screw down case back with logo and engraved: "First Watch Worn on the Moon, Flight Qualified by Nasa for All Manned Space Missions," tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 500 UPH, lyre lugs. Black with luminous bâton indexes, subsidiary sunk 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Notes DIAM. 42 mm. THICKNESS 15 mm. Provenance: from the artsebarsky collection `Flown` Omega Speedmasters - watches that have actually been worn in space are quite naturally the most coveted and desirable of all the Speedmasters and almost never reach the open mark
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-11-10
