My new, old Speedmaster Professional 145.022-74

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noelekal

·Feb 2, 2019·Home For Wayward Watches

That's a great narrative and a beautiful example of the Speedmaster. Glad you found it.

It's nice to read of your acknowledgment of the OmegaForums seller.

We really can't ask you the question: "Do you recall where you were and what you were doing when JFK was assassinated," can we? Sure makes some of us feel our age when you young whippersnappers show up.

 

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77deluxe

·Feb 2, 2019

It’s a great one. Love it.

 

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Matth84

·Feb 4, 2019

This is a nice one, thank you for sharing your story.

Best, Matth

 

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Lowflight

·Feb 8, 2019

Looks great. I totally need to get a extract done on mine.

 

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bikehomero

·Feb 17, 2019

Movementshot:

 

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elmar2001

·Feb 17, 2019

Great story, wonderful watch. Have a lot of fun with it. The Moonwatch is my favorite watch at the moment. And I like such stories and pictures.

 

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bikehomero

·Feb 17, 2019

It's actual my favorite as well, only wearing this watch since I have it. Thats not common to me....

 

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nttisch23

·Feb 28, 2019

Seriously nice watch and great story!

 

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bags1971

·Mar 1, 2019

very nice 👍

 

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queriver

·Mar 1, 2019

bikehomero

This watch was offered to me by a user from here, after I presented and discussed a watch offered to me there. It immediately put me under its spell. Everything seems to be unchanged original, it has a great yellow aged Lume, the very old 1171 band with trapezoidal logo and in addition there was also a great box and a certificate.

Congratulations for finding such a beautiful package, including the box. The 1st edition of MWO shows a box from the 1970s with what looks like a similar exterior as yours but with a different red and white interior. You might have a rare box there.

 

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Taybharr

·May 20, 2019

Great story and nice piece!

 

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Swissmister

·May 20, 2019

Your enthusiasm is obvious, and that's the best thing about having any watch that makes you smile. It's a great example from that era. Enjoy it.

 

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JwRosenthal

·May 20, 2019

I bought my Speedy for the same sentimentality, but I wasn’t born yet. When I was 9 my father gave me my first “big-boy” watch, an old silver Seamaster he had laying in a drawer. While he was punching a hole in the strap and putting it on my wrist he said “An Omega is the watch that went to the moon”. I lost that watch within a few weeks (who gives an omega to a 9 year old...well, my dad), and shortly after he died I came across a Speedmaster with the moon back and bought it on the spot. Yeah dad, it went to the moon, and I have one now.

 

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whyboddau

·May 21, 2019

Great great story! I now own a -71 with similar sentimentality. The kicker for mine is the serial hit my birth month and year! Couldn’t pass it up.

 

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larryganz

·May 21, 2019

Nice story - I have almost the same 145.022 -74 with a serial number in the 39 million range just like yours, produced on October 13 1976 according to my extract of the Omega Archives. It's only a month older than yours, and I was 14.5 yr old when it was produced (similar age as you). I was heavily into building model rockets during the early NASA years, and the moon landing left a big impression on me.

It came with the original mildly stretched 1171/633 bracelet but no box or papers. I bought a new spare bracelet to preserve the original, plus a nice Omega leather strap with deployant clasp that's on it now. It keeps perfect time too, but it's due for another service this July.