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Lot 203 OMEGA
SPEEDMASTER 'ED WHITE'
SPEEDMASTER 'ED WHITE'
OMEGA. A RARE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH
SIGNED OMEGA, SPEEDMASTER MODEL, REF. ST 105.003-65, MOVEMENT NO. 24’014'763, CIRCA 1966
Closed10 May 2021
Price Realised
CHF 12,500
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Specialist note
The present timepiece is a very attractive example of the reference 105.003, featuring a very subtle tropical brown dial.
Produced from 1964 to 1969, the watch passed through the NASA selection tests and to became the official timepiece of the astronauts on the Gemini mission - Also called Ed White” by collectors after the astronaut of the Gemini IV mission. With sub-references -63, -64 (1964-1966) and -65 (1966-1969) the reference is the last Speedmasters model with straight lugs.
Produced from 1964 to 1969, the watch passed through the NASA selection tests and to became the official timepiece of the astronauts on the Gemini mission - Also called Ed White” by collectors after the astronaut of the Gemini IV mission. With sub-references -63, -64 (1964-1966) and -65 (1966-1969) the reference is the last Speedmasters model with straight lugs.