Bonhams 1793 : Omega. A stainless steel manual wind chronograph bracelet watch Speedmaster, Ref:105.003, Made in 1963

Speedmaster, Ref:105.003, Made in 1963
17-jewel Cal.321 chronograph movement, matt-black dial with applied luminous baton hour markers and printed white running seconds, sunken subsidiary dials for running seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour recording, luminous filled white hands with arrow tipped luminous chronograph hand, polished round case with screw on back, steel dust cap, fixed black tachymetre scale bezel, twin round pushers flanking the crown, fitted Omega bracelet and folding clasp, case, dial and movement signed
39mm.

Estimate:

£2,000 - 3,000
US$ 3,000 - 4,600
€2,400 - 3,600

Footnotes

The Speedmaster Professional line, launched in 1963 was one of the two watches chosen by NASA for the astronauts of the Gemini and Apollo programmes.

For information on these models see Marco Richon's Omega - A Journey Through Time, p599 and John Goldberger's Omega Watches, p.226.