OMEGAMANIA

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Apr 15, 2007

LOT 229

?APOLLO XI?

Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional?, movement No. 48269691, Ref. ST 345.0808. Made in a numbered series starting in 1980 and sold on November 8, 1991. Very rare and fine, asymmetric, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with transparent back, round button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet. This watch is sold with a box, Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year Omega guarantee. Property of a French Gentleman

CHF 5,500 - 7,500

EUR 3,500 - 4,700 / USD 4,500 - 6,200

Sold: CHF 9,204

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, crown and pusher with integral guard, transparent screwed-down case back engraved ?Speedmaster, Apollo XI, First Watch Worn on the Moon?, tachometer graduation on the black bezel. 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. 863, gilt, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm.


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

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Ref. ST 345.0808 First made in a numbered series in 1980, this watch was produced to commemorate the Apollo XI lunar landing. As many collectors had expressed an interest Omega used a highly decorated version of the Cal. 861, the Cal. 863. This caliber is gilt, with ?fausses cotes? decoration and a special crystal back to show off the movement. It is interesting to note that the case backs of the commemorative version are engraved ?Apollo XI, Speedmaster, Blank or No. Axxxx, First Watch Worn On The Moon?. In 1987 the display back model became part of the standard production and it is at this time that the word ?Professional? was added to the case back.