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bill5959
路If it was flown there is a huge market. Not my bag fortunately for my other less savory habits. 馃槣
An astronaut's Speedmaster in the Bonhams auction
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miccro
路is this not en exceedingly rare watch, flown or not flown- its one of the 56 alaska prototype watches - seemedly requested by Furrer for a flight mission.
its probably the only original radial dial ever seen in an open market.
I saw this 2 yrs ago after it was rediscovered by the family friend. - The omega archive extract seems to credit this aswell.
flown or not - that dial is fairly unique and id love to own this one, sadly i recon this will end up with a sky high price
its probably the only original radial dial ever seen in an open market.
I saw this 2 yrs ago after it was rediscovered by the family friend. - The omega archive extract seems to credit this aswell.
flown or not - that dial is fairly unique and id love to own this one, sadly i recon this will end up with a sky high price
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mozambique
路I guess, but the auction blurb is pushing the 'flown' notion re. value, so the comments here don't seem out of line
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MrE
路Speaking to the Bonham representative they are well aware that it might not have flown but if, further down the line, a photo turns up with the astronaut wearing this watch in space the value would go through the roof. Fair enough, but personally I'd say that if a photo like that hasn't turned up by now, it probably never will.
I agree with @miccro though, still a very rare speedy. I still would have like to see some more documentation to justify the price.
I agree with @miccro though, still a very rare speedy. I still would have like to see some more documentation to justify the price.
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Spacefruit
路路Prolific Speedmaster Hoarderis this not en exceedingly rare watch, flown or not flown- its one of the 56 alaska prototype watches - seemedly requested by Furrer for a flight mission.
its probably the only original radial dial ever seen in an open market.
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Sounds fairly rare to me.
I agree the price is strong. However, I see it selling, ( not to me I don't think) at within or above estimate.
I think 57 pieces is rare, while still being available enough to be known.
I also think an American made case will excite certain collectors.
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Tom Dick
路I love the interest NASA watches, especially some of these radial dials and the Alaska projects, I always wonder what happened to the Alaska LCD Speedy that was found on ebay by someone after I wrote a little bio on them on another forum, I did ask but never got a reply!
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mozambique
路Why were they referred to as 'Alaska projects'?
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miccro
路I read somewhere that in 1970 NASA contemplated exploration of the dark side of the moon. Omega responded by creating prototypes to withstand cooler temps/ more harsh environments- they named the project Alaska after the US state for it's known low temps / extreme conditions. Each project for NASA after was give. The prefix 'Alaska'
I don't know why they didn't call it 'the arctic' or any other place ... Maybe they tested in Alaska..
I don't know why they didn't call it 'the arctic' or any other place ... Maybe they tested in Alaska..
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mozambique
路Hhhhmmmm........interesting, thanks for the explanation
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shaun hk
路I read somewhere that in 1970 NASA contemplated exploration of the dark side of the moon. Omega responded by creating prototypes to withstand cooler temps/ more harsh environments- they named the project Alaska after the US state for it's known low temps / extreme conditions. Each project for NASA after was give. The prefix 'Alaska'
I don't know why they didn't call it 'the arctic' or any other place ... Maybe they tested in Alaska..
Really not so sure about this, I thought the dark side of the moon was an album (remember them?) from Pink Floyd. This from wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_side_of_the_Moon#Lunar
Lunar[edit]
The term "Dark side of the moon" is a reference to an area on the moon鈥檚 surface where the sun is not shining during the change of the lunar phases and is therefore seen as a dark area on the moon's surface. The dark side of the moon is the side that faces away from the sun at any given time. The use of the term "Dark side of the moon" in reference to an area on the Far Side of the Moon is an obsolete metaphor since 1959 when photographs of the far side of the moon were taken in full sunlight by Russians and published in an Atlas of the Moon in 1960.
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miccro
路Maybe far side of the moon then not 'dark' side, no idea , love looking up at the stars but I'm no expert!
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mozambique
路Hhhmmmmm..............dark would infer the part shaded from the sun by the moon itself, whereas far would just be a point on the moon located a distance away from the part you are looking at (I would guess)
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davidswiss
路A pretty massive price was paid at the recent Watches of Knightsbridge auction for a '64 speedie in nice condition. I think about 拢15000 which seemed mad to me but I didn't check what was special about it, unless the condition was NOS I didn't get it. Even then ???
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Gaz6263
路Check out the thread 'Blue dialled Speedmaster in Watches of Knightsbridge'.
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Spacefruit
路路Prolific Speedmaster HoarderA pretty massive price was paid at the recent Watches of Knightsbridge auction for a '64 speedie in nice condition. I think about 拢15000 which seemed mad to me but I didn't check what was special about it, unless the condition was NOS I didn't get it. Even then ???
16000+22% charges
It was a Sunburst Blue dial that did not show in the photos.
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Spacefruit
路路Prolific Speedmaster HoarderI give this thread a kick in the pants as the sale is today
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Spacefruit
路路Prolific Speedmaster HoarderOh, and now for a gratuitous radial subdial shot.....
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Squirrel1
路Just to note that Furrer's Speedmaster has now been withdrawn...
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21934/lot/126/
http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21934/lot/126/
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Spacefruit
路路Prolific Speedmaster HoarderAh....so the ownership question might have been raised?
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miccro
路Or private sale ? Back to omega museum / NASA?
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