Soyuz at Christies, November 2026

Spacefruit · Oct 22, 2026

This is an Apollo Soyuz from 1975 Offered at Christies this November 2026

The history is slightly complicated. Omega supplied the principal batch to its Italian distributor, Fratelli De Marchi, but there is now evidence that De Marchi also converted an unknown number of ordinary Speedmasters into Apollo–Soyuz watches, apparently with Omega's approval.

The basis for the watch is the Speedmaster supplied to the special forces, with 5.5mm pushers, and a modified case.

This is the watch being offered now by Christies:

Here we have the unique back, showing clearly the number 100, these numbers are not always visible.

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On its Oyster bracelet and extract.

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Finally, here is the Christies' sale page from 2025

Makes me wonder if it got sold at all, or if Christies had to buy it in for some reason, and now they are re offering it. At CHF10,000 plus premium I am a buyer. What a bargain. I have seen these sell for over $50,000 quite recently.

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eugeneandresson · Oct 22, 2026

I can’t remember : do these usually come with silky black dials? Beautiful example …

Ron_W · Oct 22, 2026

Lovely watch and 40-50K is a more accurate estimate i agree, a strange low estimate which makes it about the cheapest watch on offer in this catalogue.

Aludic · Oct 22, 2026

This looks like a great piece... I'd definitely be a buyer at 10k CHF. And quite a bit higher too.

MTROIS · Oct 22, 2026

@Spacefruit do you have a link to the auction post? I am unable to find it. Nevermind!
And just to be clear, what is the $10k you are referring to? The low estimate?

EDIT: I don't know how many of you read Faheem (@kingflum on substack) posts, but I do recommend it as a great resource. Specifically, take a look at his discussion of Auction house practices and that $10k (low ball) estimate will make much more sense to you: https://www.screwdowncrown.com/p/watch-auction-guarantees-price-discovery

EDIT2: DUH!! I was searching in the NYC auctions.... and overlooked the Geneva one! 🤦

SoyuzPilot · Oct 22, 2026

The case has been rather aggressively re-finished since it appeared at Christies last year, and I notice the end-links have been swapped.
The "silky" black dial is a product of the photography, I feel - attached is a photo of the watch from 2019 @ Bulang.
Very tidy dial, one of the nicer ones for sure.

Links:
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6534194
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6612172
https://bulangandsons.com/collectio...ollo-soyuz-145-022-with-archive-extract-w-705

SpeedyPhill · Oct 23, 2026

If You are reading this, we all would like to see an update of this book:
Would be nice to see an overview of all watches that have surfaced since the first auctions of the 1990s
😉
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zinterz · Oct 23, 2026

I would anticipate that the watch is more of a niche watch in that whole collection in terms of overall interest. As such, the lower estimate entices in both Speedy collectors (such as many of us in here), as well as those looking through the collection and thinking they can pick up a cheap (ha!) watch alongside any others they're looking at. I would expect it to go higher than the estimate. How much higher? Let's see...

Spacefruit · Oct 23, 2026

Inter

SoyuzPilot
The case has been rather aggressively re-finished since it appeared at Christies last year, and I notice the end-links have been swapped.
The "silky" black dial is a product of the photography, I feel - attached is a photo of the watch from 2019 @ Bulang.
Very tidy dial, one of the nicer ones for sure.

Links:
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6534194
https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6612172
https://bulangandsons.com/collectio...ollo-soyuz-145-022-with-archive-extract-w-705

Interesting- I didn’t spot the polish. I wasn’t looking that hard. I wonder if Christie’s became the owner they authorised to the polish

Dsplash · Oct 23, 2026

Spacefruit
This is an Apollo Soyuz from 1975 Offered at Christies this November 2026

The history is slightly complicated. Omega supplied the principal batch to its Italian distributor, Fratelli De Marchi, but there is now evidence that De Marchi also converted an unknown number of ordinary Speedmasters into Apollo–Soyuz watches, apparently with Omega's approval.

The basis for the watch is the Speedmaster supplied to the special forces, with 5.5mm pushers, and a modified case.

This is the watch being offered now by Christies:

Here we have the unique back, showing clearly the number 100, these numbers are not always visible.

On its Oyster bracelet and extract.

Finally, here is the Christies' sale page from 2025

Makes me wonder if it got sold at all, or if Christies had to buy it in for some reason, and now they are re offering it. At CHF10,000 plus premium I am a buyer. What a bargain. I have seen these sell for over $50,000 quite recently.

You’ve seen some go for 50k recently?
Damn, that’s a price range I could consider letting mine go 😅
I thought the market was very low these days :/

jffoo · Oct 23, 2026

that's such a clean watch

Kalinka63 · Oct 28, 2026

Stunning watch, but not sure why the back reads "Gemini-Apollo-Soyuz", as Gemini was ended in 1966.

I know next to nothing about Omega watches, but I do know a bit about the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Not only did I see the launch in person, but I met the Soviet Cosmonauts while working at a souvenir store in Cocoa Beach, Florida in 1975 (and I spent a few minutes speaking with Alexi Leonov in 2002 at a concert in Moscow).

pdxleaf · Oct 28, 2026

Kalinka63
Stunning watch, but not sure why the back reads "Gemini-Apollo-Soyuz", as Gemini was ended in 1966.

I know next to nothing about Omega watches, but I do know a bit about the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Not only did I see the launch in person, but I met the Soviet Cosmonauts while working at a souvenir store in Cocoa Beach, Florida in 1975 (and I spent a few minutes speaking with Alexi Leonov in 2002 at a concert in Moscow).

Very cool.

How'd you get to Florida in 75?

Were you aware of the A-S launch or did it just happen to be going on when you were there?

Did you recognize the Cosmonauts in the store? I assume you spoke Russian. Were they surprised to meet you? Were they in civilian clothes and by themselves or did they have staff with them? Was this before or after the launch?

How did you come to be at a concert in Moscow and how did you meet Leonov? Seems like he'd be surrounded by people.

Everyone who met Leonov loved him. Said to be a very friendly guy with a great sense of humor.

Thanks for sharing.

Kalinka63 · Oct 29, 2026

PDX,

I lived in Cocoa Beach, Florida when I was between 10-12 years old, 1973-1975. I would listen to Radio Moscow to get 'the other side' which greatly increased my appreciation for geopolitics, even at that age. There was a brief article about me calling in Soviet space shots to the local newspaper. I would also go to the Howard Johnson's for breakfast on the morning of space launches and meet countless astronauts (including Alan Shephard, the only moonwalker I have ever met), Walter Cronkite, and more.

I worked occassionally in a souvenir store owned by a former launch technician, so many VIP groups would come in. The owner was contacted in advance, and he asked me to come in for inventory or something. The Cosmonauts were escorted by several people from NASA, as well as interpreters (who probably doubled as KGB handlers). It was at some point before the launch. I can't remember if they wore civilian clothes or uniforms.

I think everyone in the delegation spoke English (required of the Soviet flight and most of the ground crew). It was thrilling to meet the first man to walk in space, and I much appreciated that despite the tensions of the Cold War we could look up to the sky and know that five men could work together in furtherance of science.

Decades later, I had a travel company for Russia and the former Soviet Union (Moscow's hotels were the most expensive in the world for many years), so I traveled frequently there and attended many cultural functions. There were some VIPs at this concert on both the American and Russian sides, and i was able to spend 2-3 minutes with Leonov.

pdxleaf · Oct 29, 2026

Kalinka63
I lived in Cocoa Beach, Florida when I was between 10-12 years old, 1973-1975. I would listen to Radio Moscow to get 'the other side' which greatly increased my appreciation for geopolitics, even at that age.

Your story is fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

Your awareness of the world at this young age stands out. I can't help but compare myself to you at that age and that time. I don't have a recollection of the Apollo-soyuz launch, even though I was 18 at the time. However, in my defense, Apollo XI landed when I was your age and that of course was very memorable.

But to have been a young boy living at Coco Beach at that time and to be aware of its significance, that would be a movie I'd love to see. Worthy of Spielberg and Tom Hanks. It's a nice image you gave us, especially going to HoJo's and the sovenier shop with the former launch technician.

I'd love to know more about your story. You experienced major changes in Moscow. That has to have been impactful. Too much I imagine to share on a watch forum. But this part of your story isn't unnoticed or appreciated.

So, lastly, since this is a watch forum, were you ever tempted to buy yourself a Speedmaster or a Flightmaster (like Leonov's)?

SpeedyPhill · Mon. 2:46am

Kalinka63
Stunning watch, but not sure why the back reads "Gemini-Apollo-Soyuz", as Gemini was ended in 1966.

I know next to nothing about Omega watches, but I do know a bit about the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Not only did I see the launch in person, but I met the Soviet Cosmonauts while working at a souvenir store in Cocoa Beach, Florida in 1975 (and I spent a few minutes speaking with Alexi Leonov in 2002 at a concert in Moscow).

Thank You for sharing Your NASA ASTP story !
About the caseback, in short I would answer, " it's an Omega thing "
On the other hand, at the time these Apollo-Soyuz Speedies came out (1976), BrigGeneral Thomas Stafford had left NASA and became boss at the Edwards Air Force Base - CA.
He was also member of the Chairman Board of Directors Omega USA and became the best-known Omega Speedmaster ambassador, a role he fullfilled for almost half-a-century !
Stafford had flown on Gemini VIa, IXa, Apollo 10 and ASTP...

SpeedyPhill · Mon. 3:23am

pdxleaf
Your story is fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

Your awareness of the world at this young age stands out. I can't help but compare myself to you at that age and that time. I don't have a recollection of the Apollo-soyuz launch, even though I was 18 at the time. However, in my defense, Apollo XI landed when I was your age and that of course was very memorable.

But to have been a young boy living at Coco Beach at that time and to be aware of its significance, that would be a movie I'd love to see. Worthy of Spielberg and Tom Hanks. It's a nice image you gave us, especially going to HoJo's and the sovenier shop with the former launch technician.

I'd love to know more about your story. You experienced major changes in Moscow. That has to have been impactful. Too much I imagine to share on a watch forum. But this part of your story isn't unnoticed or appreciated.

So, lastly, since this is a watch forum, were you ever tempted to buy yourself a Speedmaster or a Flightmaster (like Leonov's)?

Interesting question, as after their May 1973 visit to Omega HQ, the Soviet-Russian delegation cosmonauts prefered the Omega flightmaster and they immediately wore it one day later during the Paris Le Bourget Air Show where their ASTP crew was officially announced.
At Star City they also exclusively trained for almost two years wearing the Omega flightmaster.
(photo: MWU lecture 2015)
.

During the ASTP mission, 10 Omega Speedmaster chronographs were worn (six 321 versions for the astronauts, 4 times 861 version for the cosmonauts). Leonov carried an extra Omega flightmaster !
The latter was sold at the Sotheby's auction in March 1996.
Anecdote: this flightmaster was Andrei Leonov's number one favorite pilot watch, he wore it during the post-flight mutual goodwill tours of the astronauts to the Soviet Union (20 Sept - 03 Oct 1975) and the goodwill tour of the cosmonauts to the USA (12-25 Oct 1975).
In 1978, Leonov broke the crystal of his beloved flightmaster and asked Thomas Stafford for help to get it fixed. Not only was the Omega flightmaster fixed but Stafford made sure an inscription was added to the space-flown flightmaster!
Photos show Andrei Leonov at Rockwell Downey and in San Francisco California.
(photos: NASA)
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Soyuz at Christies, November 2026

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