Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jan 26, 2013

LOT 29

OMEGA SPEEDMASTER ?APOLLO 11? 40TH ANNIVERSARY Omega, ?Speedmaster Professional ? 02:56 GMT?, No. 1058/7969, case No. 77226385, Ref. 31130423001002. Made in a limited edition of 7969 pieces in 2009 to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Apollo 11, sold on June 4th, 2011. Fine, asymmetric, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, black bezel with tachometer, Apollo XI medallion on the subsidiary seconds dial at 9 and a stainless steel Omega bracelet with deployant clasp signed ?Speedmaster Professional?. Accompanied by the original box, warranty, instruction booklet, Apollo XI medal and Certificate of Authenticity. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, lyre lugs, black tachometer bezel, crown and pusher with integrated guard, screwdown case back engraved: ?The First Watch Worn On The Moon, July 21, 1969, 1058/7969? engraved with an Eagle landing on the moon with the earth in the background and ?Apollo XI, 40th Anniversary?. D. Black with luminous baton indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, subsidiary dials for the seconds with the Apollo XI medallion emblem, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous white baton hands. M. Cal. 1861, rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, selfcompensating fl at balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 42 mm. Thickness 14 mm.