1964 Omega Speedmaster 'Ed White' With Box And Papers
Should you happen to be someone who vocally knows a thing or two about watches, it’s not uncommon to find yourself becoming the go-to source for those in search of watch related opinions and recommendations. I’ll often help friends and family track down that next horological object of desire, and upon doing so successfully, I always insist that you store away the box and papers for safe keeping. If there’s an easy, basic thing to be learned from the market over the past few years, it’s that holding on to your watch’s accessories isn’t an altogether bad idea. Unless you live some shrewdly minimalistic, only-the-essentials lifestyle, just tuck those boxes away in a cupboard, and thank us later.
Proof of the importance of holding on to such articles comes to us in the form of a Speedmaster, this week, which as you’d expect includes all the original boxes, manuals, certificates, and warranty papers you could ever ask for. The watch itself is quite the stunner too, and one of the rarest variants of the Ref. 105.003, given its -63 designation. This uncommon variant of the NASA and Ed White associated chronograph also still has its original 7912 Omega bracelet, which is both clean and fully linked.
Worth noting is the fact that on the warranty papers, the watch was said to have been retailed by the “Navy Exchange,” which presumably means the watch has naval provenance, which is surely an added bonus to an already handsome timepiece. That aside, the completionist inside you just can’t deny how cool it is to see a watch like this with all the original fixings.
Lunar Oyster currently has this watch listed for $22,500.
