Does Anyone Know How Many Straight Writing Speedmasters Were Produced?

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I know that the Apollo XI case back is much rarer than the Flight Qualifed case back, but I'm just curious if anyone knows the approximate number of each that were produced. Thanks.
 
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I know that the Apollo XI case back is much rarer than the Flight Qualifed case back, but I'm just curious if anyone knows the approximate number of each that were produced. Thanks.


I'm also curious about which came first, the one with the ApolloXI or the one without. I always thought the SW without AXI came first but recently saw a post that suggested the AXI was first, then they removed the AXI and made the SW for the world beyond Japan.

(I hope it's okay to add this question to your thread. If not, let me know and I'll delete it.)
 
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I'm also curious about which came first, the one with the ApolloXI or the one without. I always thought the SW without AXI came first but recently saw a post that suggested the AXI was first, then they removed the AXI and made the SW for the world beyond Japan.

(I hope it's okay to add this question to your thread. If not, let me know and I'll delete it.)
Ask away. All good.
 
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Curious to know this as well. I’ve always found it interesting the wide serial range the SW casebacks were fitted to, and how they straddled both 69ST and 71ST production.

My SW has a 3162XXXX serial which suggests mid-1971 production (no EOA).
 
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The thread will be more interesting with photos.

Good point.

1. I owned this but sold it. SN 31313986.



2. Here's my current. It has an earlier serial number, 310061XX



Edit: Sometimes it feels like the Omega archives are not being utilized. They must have more information that isn't being mined. Maybe not, but if they don't know, who would. It seems reasonable to think that Omega would have records of significant changes and would care to understand more about the factors that drove those decisions. Perhaps not, which is a sad thought. I have a fantasy about getting in there and looking through the records, which is probably shared by many others.
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I don’t own one. I ripped the photo off from the OP.
 
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My 1969 Straight Writing on a period correct 1175/640 flat link bracelet.
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Another question. Did Kubasov and Leonov wear the sw for apollo soyuz?
 
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This mine on a correct 1116/575 band


This is my second one.
No idea how many were produced...

Cheers
 
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That thread doesn't answer my question.

It didn't. The other thread led me to believe we won't know if he wore a SW. But maybe I'm wrong.

" [Leonov] used to talk a lot about his Flightmaster,...Didn't even think to ask him whether he wore it in space but I did have a conversation with him about why he didn't wear a Speedmaster - his view was that the Flightmaster was a "proper" pilot's watch as compared to the Speedmaster. But in the same breadth he said that they had all wanted to wear the same watch as the Americans in order to keep the same time, but that the powers above had decreed that they had to where a different one, hence the Flightmaster was the choice. He wore two watches, one with Moscow Time and one Houston, but I honestly don't know what they were."

Based on this, Leonov wasn't allowed to wear Speedmasters.

But according to pictures from SpeedyPhill, they wore two Speedmasters, one on each arm.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/under-a-sleeve-of-a-spacesuit.106986/#post-1401607
 
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It didn't. The other thread led me to believe we won't know if he wore a SW. But maybe I'm wrong.

" [Leonov] used to talk a lot about his Flightmaster,...Didn't even think to ask him whether he wore it in space but I did have a conversation with him about why he didn't wear a Speedmaster - his view was that the Flightmaster was a "proper" pilot's watch as compared to the Speedmaster. But in the same breadth he said that they had all wanted to wear the same watch as the Americans in order to keep the same time, but that the powers above had decreed that they had to where a different one, hence the Flightmaster was the choice. He wore two watches, one with Moscow Time and one Houston, but I honestly don't know what they were."

Based on this, Leonov wasn't allowed to wear Speedmasters.

But according to pictures from SpeedyPhill, they wore two Speedmasters, one on each arm.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/under-a-sleeve-of-a-spacesuit.106986/#post-1401607

My question still remains. It would be a good one for the next SpeedyPhill's book.
 
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Is the Straight Writing the first special or commemorative edition of the Speedy ? In steel as the 18K one came first i think ?
 
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Is the Straight Writing the first special or commemorative edition of the Speedy ? In steel as the 18K one came first i think ?
To my knowledge, it is.
 
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Back to the original question: 1 is here, serial 31.328.xxx, with 1116/575
OEA= produced on May 19, 1971, delivered to Japan

Note that MWO indicates that delivery of the "standard" SW version has been postponed due to NASA approval delay ; so we could think the "Apollo 11" version has been delivered "before" the first SW versions, due to the fact that there isn't the name "NASA" on it...

 
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Note that MWO indicates that delivery of the "standard" SW version has been postponed due to NASA approval delay ; so we could think the "Apollo 11" version has been delivered "before" the first SW versions, due to the fact that there isn't the name "NASA" on it...

Very clever. This is the first I've read of putting these bits of information together. It makes sense. We should name this the "Befobe principle."

Seriously, good thinking.