July 2014 Auction Ends Thursday, July 31st, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/31/2014
Deke Slayton's vintage Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Omega Speedmaster professional wristwatch. Space-qualified, as indicated by the case back which is engraved: ''Flight Qualified by NASA For Manned Space Missions / The First Watch Worn on the Moon''. Stainless steel chronograph manual-wind watch has a black face with a Plexiglas crystal, and with a solid case back with anti-vibration and anti-magnetic dust cove, black tachymeter bezel and sub-dials, without date or day complications and is powered by a caliber 861-based movement. There appear to be tritium powered phosphorescent lumen on the hands and index markers of the watch.
A two-tone stainless steel replacement wrist band is mounted on the watch. Near fine.
Deke Slayton's Space-Qualified Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Omega Speedmaster Professional Wristwatch
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