OMEGAMANIA

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

LOT 232

?APOLLO XIII?

Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional, Apollo XIII, Ex Luna Scientia?, movement No. 77020712, Ref. ST 345.0022. Sold on October 5, 2000. Fine and rare, asymmetric, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman`s wristwatch with round button chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, black bezel with tachometer graduated to 500 UPH, and a stainless steel Omega bracelet with deployant clasp. This watch is sold with a box, Certificate of Authenticity, and a 2-year Omega guarantee.

CHF 8,000 - 10,000

EUR 5,000 - 6,300 / USD 6,500 - 8,300

Sold: CHF 17,700

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, crown and pusher with integral guard, screw-down back with Speedmaster logo and engraved: ?Flight-Qualified By NASA For All Manned Space Missions ? The First Watch Worn On The Moon?, hesalite crystal. D. White with painted luminous baton indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds with Apollo XIII patch, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous blued steel ?baton? hands. Blued steel chronograph seconds hand. M. Cal. 1861, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 42 x 48.5 mm. Thickness 15 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Apollo XIII was the third American-manned lunar-landing mission. Two days after launch, the spacecraft was crippled by an explosion, causing the Service Module portion of the Apollo Command/Service Module to lose its oxygen and electrical power. The crew used the Lunar Module as a ?lifeboat? in space. The command module systems remained functional, but were deactivated to preserve its capability to reenter Earth?s atmosphere. The crew, Captain Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and ?Jack? Swagert, endured difficult conditions but successfully returned to Earth. Ref. ST 345.0022 is the reference used for the steel watches within the ?Missions? collection as well as the steel version of the Mir watch.