Omega. A Very Fine and Rare Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch with Bracelet and Box

Signed Omega, Speedmaster, Professional, Movement No. 32’198’198, Case Ref. 145022-69 ST, Manufactured in 1971

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Omega. A Very Fine and Rare Stainless Steel Chronograph Wristwatch with Bracelet and Box
Signed Omega, Speedmaster, Professional, Movement No. 32’198’198, Case Ref. 145022-69 ST, Manufactured in 1971
Cal. 861 mechanical movement, 17 jewels, metal dust cap, black dial, luminous baton numerals, outer fifths of a second divisions, luminous baton hands, three sunken engine-turned subsidiary dials for constant seconds, 30 minutes and 12 hours registers, crystal etched with OMEGA symbol, tonneau-shaped water-resistant-type case, black bezel with tachymeter scale calibrated for 500 units, fluted lugs, screw back with black painted engraving FLIGHT-QUALIFIED BY NASA FOR ALL MANNED SPACE MISSIONS – O THE FIRST WATCH WORN ON THE MOON, OMEGA crown, two round chronograph buttons in the band, stainless steel semi-expandable OMEGA bracelet stamped 1039/516, deployant clasp stamped 3 69, overall approximate length 7.5 inches, case, dial and movement signed
42mm diam.

Provenance

From the Private Collection of Riccardo Bernard

Lot Essay

Accompanied by an OMEGA Extract from the Archives confirming production of the present watch on 19 October 1971 and its subsequent delivery to the USA. Further accompanied by a rare OMEGA crater box.

The present watch is a rare example of Speedmaster so called Straight writing or Scritte dritte by the OMEGA aficionados. The celebrated expression THE FIRST WATCH WORN ON THE MOON engraved on the case back is a straight writing. On the succeeding Speedmaster models, this inscription is etched in a circular arc.

The Speedmaster ST 145022 illustrated with its crater box in OMEGA, A Journey Through Time by Marco Richon, 2007, p. 604.

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