126,500 HKD
“Moon Watch” Omega "Speedmaster Professional" , No. 290. Made from 1969-1972 to commemorate the Apollo Xl mission to the moon. Very fine and rare limited production, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman’s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Omega link bracelet. Accompanied by the original fitted box. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down dedicated case back, tachometer graduation on the brown bezel to 500 unitsper hour. Champagne with applied yellow gold with black enamel indexes, subsidiary sunk dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and30-minute registers. Black enameled "bâton" hands. Cal. 861, gilt brass, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallicbalance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Notes Created to commemorate the most important event of the 20th century, this model was manufactured beginning in autumn 1969, the first in a special series of 28 numbered pieces. Bearing the inscription "To mark man's conquest of space with time, through time, on time", along with the receiver's name, it was given to each of the astronauts then active at a gala dinner on November 25, 1969 , at Houston’s Hotel Warwick. Due to its success, a total of 1,014 of this watch model was produced until 1972. The pieces bear the inscription” Omega Speedmaster-Apollo XI- 1969, the first watch to be worn on the moon”.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-07-10
