Speedmaster 145.022-69 ST

masteroftime

I’m sure you’ll get some valuable insights, but this forum isn’t really here to do valuations for people.

You should check out this great price chart for some general guidance: https://speedmaster101.com/price-chart-2/

Even though this has been serviced, the condition isn’t that great on this watch. The polished caseback, poor dial lume, mismatched lume on chrono sweep hand, the incorrect/badly worn bezel, and nonoriginal bracelet will have a big impact on the price (among other things).

TrboDieselPwrd

Hello and welcome. Omegaforums is a great place to be to learn. Hopefully you'll stay awhile. You'll get a lot better response if you do a bit of research yourself, and as a bonus you'll come out a bit smarter about these watches as well!

To get you started:
- www.speedmaster101.com as mentioned above, this belongs to member on here. He has a valuations page that may help.
- I Love my Speedmaster Put in your serial number here to see what comes up for production date

As mentioned there are a couple of issues here.
- With a early serial number, I'd expect a dot-over-90 bezel, which this watch does not have. It has the later dot-next-to-90 bezel probably swapped at a service. A normal thing but a minus in terms of value.
- I don't doubt the famous shop in Milan, but I'd be concerned that the running seconds and hour totalizer subdial hands have been painted over.
- The watch has seen some use and has been polished, again, normal things but take away from value.

It does depend how much your friend is asking.

Good luck.

repoman

Although I know every watch has a price, I start off by deciding "do I really want this watch?", without consideration for price; after that, I get to the price consideration. To me, this '69 is just not aesthetically pleasing given: its been heavily polished, the bezel is heavily worn and possibly wrong for that serial range, dial and hands are unattractive, endlinks are wonky plus I'd prefer a 1039 bracelet on a '69... I think there are many better examples out there to choose from, so I'd be a pass on this one at any price. Sure, you can acquire it and then have the dial and hands improved, get a proper bezel/bracelet/endlinks, but by the time you do all that, you still have a soft case, and could have spent that time and energy finding a better example. I'm not considering any potential sentimental value or connection to the piece of course. Just my $0.02.

josiahg52

This is what it should look like, although mine does have a.modern service crown.

Ref. 145.022-69 ST on ref. 1039/516 bracelet. Serial starts with 305.

Personally, I would pass on your example for the reasons posted above. It's just not in great shape.

joe band

Benvenuto nel forum,
Come notato, l'equipaggio locale può essere un po' brutale per ogni dato orologio, ma è un vero Omega Speedy, che ha vissuto una vita.

Fare le tue ricerche sui siti di cui sopra e completare le vendite su ebay può darti una gamma di $.

Non sarà mai un esempio incontaminato, ma non è questo il punto: ti piace?
Sei un collezionista irriducibile o vuoi un uso quotidiano veloce?

Ci sono innumerevoli post di orologi, peggio per l'usura, che la gente va in giro a causa della provenienza, la gente ama una storia.
Era il meccanico della madre del giardiniere del padre del tuo amico? L'ha indossato tutti i giorni per 40 anni prima di essere sbranato da scimpanzé rabbiosi, mentre riparava una corvetta d'epoca, sul ciglio della strada, in una bufera di neve? Trovato con lo zaino in spalla sul Donner Pass, nello stomaco di un orso morto sotto il colpo schiacciante di una sequoia gigante di vecchia crescita? Ha subito danni causati dall'acqua, mentre cantavano in armonia con Jerry Garcia 69' nelle acque limpide di Maui? Canta le lodi di quella caramella al polso!

Potresti prenderlo a buon mercato, farlo revisionare e indossarlo felicemente per altri 40 anni? Sì.

Buona fortuna!

Lanfra

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Thank you!