DESCRIPTION:
WW - Omega Speedmaster Pre-Moon, ref 2998-5, manual wind, 39mm x 48mm to lug tips, 19mm lug width, original stainless steel screw back straight lug case with round pump pushers and a "DON" (Dot Over Ninety) black tachymetre bezel, stainless steel 7912 flat link bracelet signed Omega with correct 6 end links, original black step dial with applied silver Omega logo and luminous painted indices, three inset subregisters for minute recording, hour recording and subsidiary seconds, 17J, cal 321, s#18945428, triple signed. This watch includes its original inner and outer boxes as well as the original 2998 specific manual and the Omega how to guide on using said chronograph. Truly one of the most complete and unmolested sets ever to have graced the presence of Jones & Horan, this watch is fresh to market coming from the original family since new. The Omega Speedmaster was chosen by NASA in 1965 after outperforming numerous other contenders in rigorous testing. They were first issued during the Gemini program using the older straight lug style 105.002. More Speedmasters were thereafter purchased, and starting with the Apollo program, astronauts were being issued the "Professional" marked 105.012's in a beefier case with crown and pusher protectors as seen here. They remain flight qualified by NASA to this day and accompany astronauts to the ISS regularly. Modern interpretations of this watch are still in production.
CONDITION:
Mvt: Running, complete tear down and overhaul done 7/12/2021, chronograph functions and resets properly, nearly mint cosmetic mvt condition overall, no oxide, light fine scratches to plates; nearly flawless dial with light spotting around luminous painted indices not noticeable unless highly scrutinized as well as an incredibly fine scratch on hour subregister at 9; excellent-plus hands with evenly faded luminous material show light spotting to hour and minute hand; lightly polished case shows very little wear, crisp hippocampus on case back, still retains some of its original factory finishing, several light dings on case back from improper use of a case wrench, excellent-plus DON bezel with paint scrape at 6; original Omega signed flat foot crown shows hardly any wear; good Omega plastic crystal; outer box has tears at the corners however is not visible when box lid is in place, inner box shows hardly any wear.
ESTIMATE:
$20000
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$30000
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