- Posts
- 3,184
- Likes
- 3,855
SpikiSpikester
··@ ΩFOr possibly too many unresolved questions regarding whether it was flown?
An astronaut's Speedmaster in the Bonhams auction
- Posts
- 1,562
- Likes
- 5,665
Robert-Jan
··#SpeedyTuesdayNo, it has to do with NASA.
- Posts
- 5,298
- Likes
- 24,229
Spacefruit
··Prolific Speedmaster HoarderI suspect it belongs to NASA
- Posts
- 1,562
- Likes
- 5,665
Robert-Jan
··#SpeedyTuesdayI suspect it belongs to NASA
Yes, as written in the original article (here), when I found the watch, I was told by the former Omega curator that NASA is owner of these watches as they were just part of the official astronaut equipment. So everything had to be returned after each mission or test activities. Furrer clearly didn't do so and it ended up somewhere else in the end. NASA is known to have been chasing a number of these watches over the past few years, that's why we removed the official NASA serial number (below the product number) from the case back. I was surprised to see that Bonhams didn't do so as well, as these watches then can be easily traced by NASA.
RJ
- Posts
- 1,527
- Likes
- 4,368
Tom Dick
·Oh, and now for a gratuitous radial subdial shot.....
Daft question, but I know they made radial dial 1040 prototypes as well as radial dial 1255 Speedsonic prototypes (including some examples which were sent to NASA as Alaska watches), did they make a production version of the radial dial Speedmaster? Spacefruit yours seems to be a T swiss T dial seperately which leads me to assume that the Speedmaster range also had a production/ commercial available radial dial option?
Cheers Tom
- Posts
- 649
- Likes
- 836
speedy4ever
·Can you figure out the face of people who traveled may be several hours, perhaps came the day before just for this lot and the same morning the lot is withdrawn...
- Posts
- 33,140
- Likes
- 37,876
dsio
··Ash @ ΩFDaft question, but I know they made radial dial 1040 prototypes as well as radial dial 1255 Speedsonic prototypes (including some examples which were sent to NASA as Alaska watches), did they make a production version of the radial dial Speedmaster? Spacefruit yours seems to be a T swiss T dial seperately which leads me to assume that the Speedmaster range also had a production/ commercial available radial dial option?
Cheers Tom
- Posts
- 1,527
- Likes
- 4,368
Tom Dick
·Ooohhhh that useful to know, I like the radial dial designs, I feel a little project coming on 😉
- Posts
- 33,140
- Likes
- 37,876
dsio
··Ash @ ΩFOoohhhh that useful to know, I like the radial dial designs, I feel a little project coming on 😉
Check out what the winning bid was: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/380482474769?clk_rvr_id=746761038020
- Posts
- 1,527
- Likes
- 4,368
Tom Dick
·AH......................... maybe not then
- Posts
- 270
- Likes
- 970
BenjaminT
·By the way, do we know something about the final whereabouts of this watch? Has it been confiscated and is now with NASA? Or is it still privatly - well not owend but held?
Edited:
- Posts
- 8,890
- Likes
- 28,366
tyrantlizardrex
·By the way, do we know something about the final whereabouts of this watch? Has it been confiscated and is now with NASA? Or is it still privatly - well not owend but hold?
It was reclaimed by the Federal Government.
Kate Lacey, and Paul Maudsley, who are part of the watch team at Phillips were joking about it... as they were part of the watch team at Bonhams, when representatives of the US government arrived to take the watch away. 🍿
- Posts
- 674
- Likes
- 1,239
lando
·
- Posts
- 8,890
- Likes
- 28,366
- Posts
- 1,294
- Likes
- 2,293
- Posts
- 270
- Likes
- 970
BenjaminT
·It was reclaimed by the Federal Government.
Kate Lacey, and Paul Maudsley, who are part of the watch team at Phillips were joking about it... as they were part of the watch team at Bonhams, when representatives of the US government arrived to take the watch away. 🍿
Similar threads
- Posts
- 17
- Views
- 3K
- Posts
- 34
- Views
- 5K
- Posts
- 5
- Views
- 1K
- Posts
- 29
- Views
- 4K
