Help identify a Speedmaster

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AlexT

·Mar 28, 2022

Dear All,
I wonder if you can help me identify a Speedmaster. It is a 20th Anniversary Model which I bought new in 1989 in Hamburg in Germany at a discount from a famous Clock and Watch retailer. It came without papers and box but with the leather strap and Omega buckle and as I recall I paid an unbelievable 875 Deutschmarks then. What puzzles me however and almost 35 years later is that the back has the typical 20th anniversary inscriptions but no inscription / engraving on the side opposite the crown. Where there ever 20th anniversary Models made without the lateral Apollo inscription?
Thanks and all the best from Hamburg
Alex T.

 

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TheGreekPhysique

·Mar 28, 2022

Do you have any pictures?

 

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Watch my Whisky

·Mar 28, 2022

Can you post some pictures?

Also, what’s true reeperbahn like these days?

 

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AlexT

·Mar 28, 2022

 

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Dan S

·Mar 28, 2022

Why do you think this is a 20th anniversary model?

 

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AlexT

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AlexT

·Mar 28, 2022

Sorry about the muck and the scratches on the case buit I've been wearing it day and night for decades.
Cheers Alex T.

 

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AlexT

·Mar 28, 2022

Hi Dan S,
I am not a hundred percent certain but i could bet the guy in the shop told me a was a 20th anniversary model an that one can tell from the inscription on the back. This made sense to me since it was 1989.
Cheers Alex T.

 

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Badwolf

·Mar 28, 2022

Looks like a standard mid eighties model to me. Does the serial number start 45?

 

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Seaborg

·Mar 28, 2022

Nice watch 👍 but not a 20th anniversary model.
It's "just" a regular Speedy from that era.

You should keep enjoying it as it deserves !
Cheers

 

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Azveld

·Mar 28, 2022

It's a very nice speedy from the 80s, but not an anniversary model.
nice watch 👎

 

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TheGreekPhysique

·Mar 28, 2022

The number on the inside of the caseback-145022-is what we refer to as the reference number. That's the model that you have.

 

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AlexT

·Mar 28, 2022

@Badwolf The serialnumber on the escape wheel bridge of the movement (if that is what you where asking for) is 482411. The 8 was barely legible so I checked with the microscope and an 8 it is indeed.

"You should keep enjoying it as it deserves !" Will do, @Seaborg

@TheGreekPhysique Check 👍

Thanks all of you and all the best from Hamburg

Alex T.

 

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UWG

·Mar 28, 2022

Hi Alex, nevertheless a very nice Speedy from my favorite decade 👎
Viele Grüße aus Hamburg
Ufuk

 

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Badwolf

·Mar 28, 2022

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@Badwolf The serialnumber on the escape wheel bridge of the movement (if that is what you where asking for) is 482411. The 8 was barely legible so I checked with the microscope and an 8 it is indeed.

"You should keep enjoying it as it deserves !" Will do, @Seaborg

@TheGreekPhysique Check 👍

Thanks all of you and all the best from Hamburg

Alex T.

Serial number looks correct for the year then 👍

 

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AlexT

·Mar 28, 2022

Thanks @Badwolf

 

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Davidt

·Mar 28, 2022

There certainly was an Apollo 11 20th anniversary model in 1989, mainly identified by the box, booklet and extras that came with it, and the engraving on the side of the case.

As others have said, yours is a very nice 80’s Speedmaster from the same period but there is nothing to suggest it is one of the 20th anniversary models.

 

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AlexT

·Mar 28, 2022

Thank you, @Davidt.
Cheers Alex T.