Omega, 18k yellow Gold Speedmaster "Apollo XI" Circa 1969, Serial no. 75
Case: 42 mm, 18k yellow gold, case no. 075
Dial: gold dial with applied gold and black enameled block markers "oval" Omega signature variant, sunken engine turned subsidiary dials for the constant seconds, the thirty minute and twelve hour registers. OM SWISS OM, black baton hands
Movement: Omega caliber 861, 17 jewels, manual winding, copper finished movement with inner gold dust cap.
Band: Omega 18k gold bracelet and clasp, fits up to a 7 in. wrist
Signed: Omega on dial, case, movement, bracelet
The present lot is a very fine example of the original 1969, limited edition, 18k Omega Speedmaster 145.022 - 69. With 1014 examples having been produced, this example bares a low serial number of 75.
According to Omega Public Relations, the first thirty Apollo XI Commemorative gold Speedmaster watches were "created in tribute to the sensational exploit of Man's first landing on the Moon". The watches numbered 1 and 2 in the series, having been refused by their intended recipients (President Nixon and Vice-President Agnew) presently reside in the Omega museum. Numbers 3 through 28 were personalized and presented to the astronauts in NASA's space program. the lower numbers were reserved for those astronauts who had been with NASA the longest.
