DESCRIPTION:
WW - Omega Speedmaster "Ed White" Pre-Moon, ref S 105.003-64, 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 tachymeter bezel, brown leather strap, 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#22089448, triple signed. 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 this style watch, famously worn and nicknamed the "Ed White" for the astronaut caught wearing the piece. 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 protection. 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, chronograph functions and resets properly, nearly mint cosmetic mvt condition overall, no oxide, light fine scratches to plates; nearly flawless dial; fine-plus hands, hour and minute hand have been relumed; lightly polished case shows very little wear, crisp hippocampus on case back, several light dings on case back from improper use of a case wrench, excellent-plus DON bezel with edge ding at 70; original Omega signed flat foot crown shows hardly any wear; good Omega plastic crystal.
ESTIMATE:
$8000
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$14000
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