CIRCA: 1969
CASE MATERIAL: Stainless steel
CASE DIMENSIONS: 42 mm
DIAL: Black stepped dial with tritium indices, printed OMEGA logo, deep guilloche subregisters with white accents
BRACELET MATERIAL: Leather strap
BRACELET SIZE: 7 inches - 8-1/4 inches
MOVEMENT: Automatic, no. 30586822
FUNCTIONS: Time, chronograph, and tachymeter
CALIBER: 861
The OMEGA Speedmaster is one of the most collectible models from OMEGA, adorning the wrists of famous astronauts in space such as Neil Armstrong and Ed White. This transitional model is from 1969 and features the Dot Over 90 bezel and the style caseback evident in earlier Speedmasters with the engraved seahorse. The Omega logo on the dial is printed rather than applied, as in later Speedmasters. The present example is wonderfully original and complete with the original bezel, crown, and hands. It’s in pristine condition and an opportunity to own bit of space flight history.
Condition
Dial and hands in pristine condition and original to the watch. Luminous material in the dial and hands fully intact and appears original to the watch. Luminous material in the dial aged to a beautiful creamy color; luminous material in the hands slightly darker. Case likely unpolished with very few light scratches mostly along the left side of the watch; one slightly longer scratch on the caseback. Movement running at time of cataloging. Overall in excellent and beautiful condition.
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