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Speedy Tuesday – Astronaut’s Speedmaster Professional Being Auctioned

  1. Robert-Jan #SpeedyTuesday Oct 21, 2014

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    It’s Speedy Tuesday! Two years ago, we showed you the Omega Speedmaster Pro that once belonged to ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Reinhard Furrer (you can find the original article here). That is, he probably received it during ESA & NASA training in Germany and ‘forgot’ to give it back to NASA. After Reinhard Furrer died in a fatal plane crash, it fell into the hands of a friend of Fratello Watches who showed it to us, not exactly knowing what he had in his hands. Now, the current owner is willing to part with it, using the Bonhams auction […]
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  2. TLIGuy Oct 21, 2014

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    Still loving Speedy Tuesdays. Keep them coming. Great article.
     
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  3. Mothra Oct 21, 2014

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    Interesting:

    "Omega delivered three different watches in 1978, the Speedmaster Professional 145.022, Omega Chronograph ref.11003 and the Speedmaster Speedsonic with a tuning fork. On the 2nd of November 1978, NASA announced the winner of the tender. Once again, the mechanical hand-wound Speedmaster Professional ruled the competition (30 brands were asked for a chronograph) and according to Omega, NASA ordered then 56 pieces of this astronaut’s Speedmaster Professional for the symbolic amount of 1 cent each"

    Anyone got a 11003? Ive googled the reference but don't remember seeing one here. Did it just die of shame?
     
  4. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Oct 22, 2014

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    Its going to be interesting to see what this goes for, there's no real benchmark for a european radial astronaut watch.
     
  5. cristos71 Oct 22, 2014

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    I´m pretty sure we saw this exact watch at Noordwijk, do you remember?
     
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  6. Robert-Jan #SpeedyTuesday Oct 22, 2014

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    Correct, the current owner of the watch was there as well and was wearing it.
     
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