Case | Stainless steel with Lyre lugs chamfer screw back with hippocampus engraving. Bezel blue/grey faded. Supplied on modern leather strap but complete with original steel Omega bracelet with clasp and end links but short. |
Dial | Black seeped Tritium dial with faded tritium lume, Tritium filled hands. |
Movement | Omega calibre 861 manual wind chronograph |
Comparative Literature | Moon Watch Only, 60 years of OMEGA Speedmaster by Gregoire Rossier and Anthony Marquie. |
Escapement | Jewelled lever escapement. |
Condition | Good all round condition fading to the dial hands and lime, bezel faded and scratched very good example. fitted with stitched modern strap supplied with original steel omega bracelet and clasp ( short ). Supplied with vintage Omega Speedmaster box. 12 months mechanical guarantee. |
Omega Speedmaster Pre Moon Cal 861 Circa 1969
Rare pre moon lyre lug Omega Speedmaster professional calibre 861 St 145.022-69 this reference made between.
£8,750
Omega began the calibre 861 Speedmaster 18 months prior to the Moon Landing, it is reasonable to consider these very first 861 calibre models to be pre-moon, although there are some collectors who believe the only “true” Pre-Moon Speedmasters were produced before 1967.
Stock number: | A9306 |