DESCRIPTION:
WW - Omega Speedmaster Professional Chronograph, ref 145.022-71, manual wind, 42mm x 48mm to lug tips, 20mm lug width, original stainless steel screw back case, fixed black tachymeter bezel, embossed hippocampus to caseback with engraved NASA flight qualification, no strap, original black step dial with white painted Omega logo and luminous painted indices, three inset subregisters for minute recording, hour recording and subsidiary seconds, 17J, cal 861, s#32849286, 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 the older straight lug style 105.002. More Speedmasters were thereafter purchased, starting with the Apollo program astronauts 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 modern interpretations of this watch are still in production.
CONDITION:
Mvt: Running, chronograph functions and resets properly, excellent-plus cosmetic mvt condition overall, hardly any oxide to steelwork, light toning to chronograph mechanism; excellent-plus dial with hardly any surface spotting, original green luminous plots; fine hands with light paint loss and discolored tritium luminous material; unpolished case shows light wear, still retains sharp satin finished details, loss of black painted to engraved case back, light dings to backs of lugs from being worn on a bracelet; Omega signed crown shows little wear; good Omega plastic crystal.
ESTIMATE:
$3000
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$5000
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