Lot 17
Omega. A very rare and attractive stainless steel mechanical chronograph wristwatch with tropical dial
Speedmaster Ref.145.022-69, Movement No.29.607.769, delivered on May 27, 1970
Auction: 20 November 2025 from 14:00 GMT
Description
Cal.861 hand-wound movement, dark brown dial with tritium baton indexes, subsidiary dials for 30 minute & 12 hour chronograph registers, running seconds, white/tritium baton hands, stainless steel case with screw-down reverse with central Speedmaster motif, grey tachymeter bezel, on leather racing strap with steel Omega pin buckle.
Accompanied by an Omega Extract from the Archives and 2016 Omega service receipt.
Dimensions
Diameter 40mm.
Footnote
This example represents an ideal Omega collectors watch as it is one of the very last made with the reverse featuring only the Speedmaster motif, omitting the more commonly found ‘First watch worn on the Moon’ reference. It is further enhanced by a very attractive evenly aged brown ‘tropical’ dial that are only found on the 145.022 during this early transitional period when the dials were first updated to feature a printed Omega logo. A reference to the rarity of tropical/chocolate Omega Speedmaster dials can be found in the ‘Moonwatch Only' book page 110.