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Speedy Tuesday – A Speedmaster Professional 145.022-71 Non-NASA (and Original)

  1. Robert-Jan #SpeedyTuesday Nov 15, 2016

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    Speedmaster Professional 145.022 Casebacks When you look at this Omega Speedmaster Professional 145.022-71, there’s nothing strange at first sight. Just a nice and ‘ordinary’ Speedmaster Professional post-Moon. Dial, bezel, hands and bracelet, all correct. In fact, it is quite a nice example of a Speedmaster Professional 145.022-71. In our Speedmaster 145.022 buyer’s guide, we give […]

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  2. Jaacck Nov 15, 2016

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    Hi Robert, really enjoy the speedy Tuesday articles, have been brightening up my Tuesdays for over a year now .
     
  3. SpeedyPhill Founder Of Aussie Cricket Blog Mark Waugh Universe Nov 28, 2016

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    So by early 1971, You could find any of these casebacks on a Speedmaster :
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  4. gemini4 Hoarder Of Speed et alia Nov 28, 2016

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    Here is mine:

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  5. gemini4 Hoarder Of Speed et alia Nov 28, 2016

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    Throught 1971, there had been other inscribed casebacks on moonwatches. There were actually two straight writing casebacks issued in 1969, shown below. The "Apollo XI 1969" inscription is rarer.

    The earliest 2915-1&2 casebacks had different variants as well.
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