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Omega
Ref. 3597.09.00
Speedmaster, "Mission Gemini XI"
A highly attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet and original presentation box and international warranty
- Estimate
- HK$32,000 - 48,000€3,500 - 5,300$4,100 - 6,200
HK$87,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Omega
- Year
- 1999
- Reference No
- 3597.09.00
- Movement No
- 48'379'052
- Case No
- 48'379'052
- Model Name
- Speedmaster, "Mission Gemini XI"
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Manual, cal. 1873, 18 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel Omega bracelet, endlinks stamped 840, max length 195mm.
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel Omega deployant clasp, stamped 1498/840
- Dimensions
- 42mm. Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
- Accessories
- With fitted Omega Missions presentation box, International Warranty, hang-tag, product literature and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present Omega “Conrad Gordon” celebrates the Gemini XI mission. This was the ninth manned space flight, which occurred between September 12 and September 15th, 1966 with the crew Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon. Offered in excellent overall condition, and complete with original International Warranty and fitted presentation box, the present commemorative Gemini XI watch is extremely rare and highly collectible.
Omega
Swiss | 1848Omega's rich history begins with its founder, Louis Brandt, who established the firm in 1848 in La Chaux de Fonds. In 1903, the company changed its name to Omega, becoming the only watch brand in history to have been named after one its own movements. A full-fledged manufacturer of highly accurate, affordable and reliable watches, its sterling reputation enabled them to be chosen as the first watch company to time the Olympic Games beginning in 1932. Its continued focus on precision and reliability ultimately led their Speedmaster chronograph wristwatch to be chosen by NASA in 1965 — the first watch worn on the moon.Key models sought-after by collectors include their first, oversized water-resistant chronograph — the reference 2077, early Speedmaster models such as the CK 2915 and 2998, military-issued versions of the Seamaster and oversized chronometer models such as those fitted with their prestigious caliber 30T2Rg.
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