#261 • Omega Speedmaster Professional 145.0022

Part of 260528 - "Spring Featured Auction" Horology, Jewelry & Coins - May 7-28 (live auction by Jones & Horan Auctions)

High bid $3,500.00

Status: Sold

WW - Omega Speedmaster Professional Chronograph, ref 145.0022, circa 1985, manual wind, 42mm x 48mm to lug tips, 20mm lug width, original stainless steel screw back case, fixed black tachymeter bezel, hippocampus to caseback, stainless steel 1479 bracelet with Speedmaster clasp signed Omega, original black tritium dial with white painted Omega logo and luminous painted indices, three inset subregisters for minute recording, hour recording and subsidiary seconds, 18J, cal 861, case and mvt s#48326576, 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 in a beefier case with crown and pusher protectors. 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, top pusher will occasionally stick, excellent-plus cosmetic mvt condition overall; excellent-plus dial with evenly faded tritium that matches the hands, hardly any surface spotting; fine-plus hands with some lume paint loss to the minutes hand; lightly polished case shows medium wear, still retains some of the original factory finishing, multiple small dings to case sides, bezel has a few light scratches to lower half but is in overall excellent condition; bracelet shows little wear, hardly any stretch; Omega signed crown shows hardly any wear; Omega plastic crystal would benefit from a polish. Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 JH-77761