Omega Speedmaster Apollo Xiii (13) White Dial

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Mare Nostrum

·Apr 25, 2013

Can anybody tell me is the above white dial meant for a certain market only, or it was sold together with the black dial version in all markets ?

How many white dials were made ?

I understand 999 pcs were made in 1995 in black dial for the Apollo XIII series....so this white one really puzzles me...

Will any expert out there pls help and clarify ?

Thanks in advance

 

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SpikiSpikester

·Apr 25, 2013·@ ΩF

The white dial Limited Editions tend to be anniversary watches. I'm not aware of the Apollo 13 patch watches coming with a white dial option - if they exist George will probably know.

I'm aware of a1994 issue 25th anniversary (of the moon landing) which was a chronometer limited to 500 pieces in white gold with white dial, a 1997 white dialled 40th anniversary (of the first Speedmaster in 1957) limited to 500 pieces for the Italian market only & the 2004 panda dialled 35th anniversary (of the moon landing) limited to 3500 pieces.

Maybe you're thinking of one of those ? But judging by this and your other posts this week, it does look like you have very refined taste and are homing in on some particularly rarified collectibles 😉

 

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dsio

·Apr 25, 2013·Ash @ ΩF

I believe he's talking about this bad boy (photo taken by Robert-Jan from Fratello: http://www.fratellowatches.com/speedy-tuesday-omega-museum-photo-report/

 

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SpikiSpikester

·Apr 25, 2013·@ ΩF

Bad boy indeed 👍

...and as for that Apollo-Soyuz 🤩

Is there any record of how many of the 999 Apollo 13 patch watches were white dials ?

 

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DLT222

·Apr 25, 2013·Double D @ ΩF

Yes I was just about to type the same thing!!

 

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Kringkily

·Apr 25, 2013·Omega Collector / Hunter

That is the only one that I've seen for sale of that Apollo XIII patch model. I do know where the black ones are 😀

I believe it was lot 232 of Omegamania

 

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Mare Nostrum

·Apr 25, 2013

Yes this is the one I'm referring to....I have the black one which I purchased NOS afew years ago....and would love to add this white one to make it a set ! Anybody have one for sale ?

 

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Privateday7

·Apr 25, 2013

This is very nice Speedy. What year edition is that? It looks like before 1985 model.

 

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SpikiSpikester

·Apr 26, 2013·@ ΩF

Kringkily

That is the only one that I've seen for sale of that Apollo XIII patch model. I do know where the black ones are 😀

I believe it was lot 232 of Omegamania

What was the hammer price ?

 

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Mare Nostrum

·Apr 26, 2013

Strange as it is...the black dial was launched in 1995....but the white one according to the Omegamania catalogue as circa 2000 !

 

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dsio

·Apr 27, 2013·Ash @ ΩF

Mare Nostrum

Strange as it is...the black dial was launched in 1995....but the white one according to the Omegamania catalogue as circa 2000 !

That white dial is tritium though :\ Thought by 2000 they'd gone Luminiova

 

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Mare Nostrum

·Apr 27, 2013

dsio

That white dial is tritium though :\ Thought by 2000 they'd gone Luminiova

That's why I think the date of issue sounds abit off...

 

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Kringkily

·Apr 27, 2013·Omega Collector / Hunter

SpikiSpikester

What was the hammer price ?

http://catalog.antiquorum.com/catalog.html?action=load&lotid=232&auctionid=158

17,700 Swiss Francs

 

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billyblue

·Jun 6, 2014

Sorry for bringing this old thread up guys, but I'm almost complete on discovering all white dial speedies ever released (we all have our little ..., don't we?). I think the Omegamania Speedy is the actual watch in the Omega Museum...and here it cones, it is a franken. If you look closely at the big picture at antiquorum, something feels off with the mission patch as it is placed in the subdial...what do you think?

 

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Archer

·Jun 6, 2014·Omega Qualified Watchmaker

I agree something doesn't seem right....they say the movement serial number is 77020712, but when I looked that serial number up on the Omega Extranet, it's a completely different Speedmaster, a Ref. 38705031:



Cheers, Al

 

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billyblue

·Jun 6, 2014

Hi Al,

many thanks, this just further proves the frankenwatch theory. The subial seems to be changed. It may have been a prototype though.