1969 Omega Speedmaster 145.022-69 Premoon

Brand - Omega

Model - Speedmaster

Refererence - 145.022-69

Year - 1970

Movement No. - 30 582 XXX

Dimensions - 42mm

Lume -  Tritium 

Movement -  Omega Manual Cal. 861

Accessories - 1039 Flatlink bracelet (3/70)

ONE OWNER - Mr Bill Smith was a sea going Engineer with Cunard Brocklebank then Denholms of Glasgow in the late 1960s - working between Jeddah and Rasta Tanura. According Mr Smith's widow, Bill did one particular job on a ship/yacht for a Saudi Prince, and the story goes..:

mending/fixing a tap or plumbing, the Sheikh came to Bill with a wallet of watches for him to choose from.. Bill chose the "Moon watch" and always called it that but I can't recollect him wearing it . It has been lying in a drawer with all his other ones for 50 or so years. I don't suppose he thought of the value but it was always his story to tell and he had a few of those....

So here we have a one owner Speedmaster, gifted to an Engineer from a Saudi Prince. Worn sparingly, the condition is superlative - there is a small ding to the (DON) bezel at 10 o'clock, and a small scuff on the lower right twisted lug. 

The dial has remained dark and lustrous, the original hands match the markers.

Correct and original 1039 Flatlink bracelet, stamped 3 70 - which correlate to the movement serial and subsequent date

Serviced January 2022

Currently running strong and keeping exceptional time - this is a time warp with history, and exactly the sort of history we like.