OMEGAMANIA
Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Apr 15, 2007
LOT 204
SO-CALLED ?PRE-MOON?
Omega, ?Speedmaster?, No. 24011781, case No. 10564019. Ref. ST 105.003-65.
Sold on October 17, 1966.
Very fine and rare, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman?s wristwatch with round
button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet with
deployant clasp. This watch is sold with a box, a Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year Omega
guarantee.
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
EUR 1,300 - 2,000 / USD 1,700 - 2,500
Sold: CHF 11,210
C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back with engraved Speedmaster logo below a hippocampus, tachometer graduation on the black bezel, lapidated lugs, anti-magnetic dust cap. D. Black with luminous baton indexes, outer minute and fifth second divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous white ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 321, copper-colored, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39.7 mm. Thickness 14 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2 |
Very good |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |
Notes
The present watch is identical to the one worn by Thomas Stafford on Gemini 6, Gemini 9 and the Apollo
10 ?dress rehearsal? mission.
Ref. ST 105.003
Introduced in 1963, can be considered the third generation of ?Pre-Moon? Speedmasters. The first
generation being the so-called ?Broad Arrow? Ref. CK 2915, (see lots 200 and 201) with its steel bezel
and distinctive arrow hands; the second the Ref. CK 2998 / ST 105.002 with black bezel and alpha hands
(see lots 202 and 203); this is the third, with larger bezel and baton hands. All three of these references do
not yet have the asymmetrical case with integral crown and pusher guards that would come to differentiate
the ?Moon Watch? from the ?Pre-Moon? references.