Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 111

"Apollo 11 Moon Watch" Omega, "Speedmaster Professional", No. 2052/3500. Made in a limited edition of 3500 examples in the 1999 to commemorate the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back with Apollo 11 logo, tachometer graduation on the black bezel to 500 units per hour. D. Bi-color Satiné silver and black with applied steel bâton indexes and luminous dots, subsidiary ?guilloché? dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 1861, gilt brass, 18 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. To be sold without resrve