Lot 175
£3,500
Jewellery, Silver, Watches & Wine
Auction: 9 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Speedmaster Professional model, c.1988, stainless steel case, round black dial with lume baton hour markers, three subsidiary dials at 3, 6 and 9 for 30 minute register, 12 hour register and constant seconds, outer seconds track in white, lume-filled pencil hands, centre chronograph seconds hand in white, black enamel bezel with tachymeter scale, the caseback with Omega logo, THE FIRST WATCH WORN ON THE MOON, FLIGHT QUALIFIED BY NASA FOR ALL MANNED SPACE MISSIONS, on a stainless steel bracelet strap with signed Omega foldover clasp, with 640 to the end links, no box and papers
This watch was the property of a gentleman from Angus in Scotland. A Chartered Surveyor by trade, his true passion was for motorcycles and his collection numbered over twenty at its peak. He often raced, along with his brother. One race was the TT - Tourist Trophy - which takes place on the Isle of Man. In 1988, around the time of the purchase of this watch, his friend whom he sponsored - George Linder - triumphed at the Manx Grand Prix riding a Yamaha motorcycle. The watch was used by our gentleman to time each lap. In earlier years, he also enjoyed car racing, including in his MG and was a member of the BRDC. His good friend was Ron Flockhart, an Edinburgh racing driver who raced in fourteen Formula One Grand Prix. Flockhart won the 1956 and 1957 24 of Le Mans races.