Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 244

?Apollo 11, Speedmaster Professional? Omega, No. 77002640, Ref. 145.0223. Made in 1969. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with roundbutton chronograph, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, black bezel with tachometer and a stainless steel Omega link bracelet. Case back engraved: ?Apollo 11, Hello Houston, Tranquility Base Here, The Eagle Has Landed.?

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, crown and pusher with integral guard, stainless steel bezel with inserted black tachometer ring graduated to 500 UPH. D. Matte black with painted luminous baton indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous white ?baton? hands, luminous white hand for the central seconds. M. Cal. 1861, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm.