Gold Speedmaster 3695.50.31 One of my first encounters with a gold Speedmaster was with the BA145.022-69, which translates into the famous yellow gold Apollo XI commemorative edition from 1969 with a burgundy bezel. It must have been late 1999 or early 2000 that someone showed it to me. It paved the way for my (later) […] Visit Fratello Watches to read the full article.
Beautiful timepiece! I've never owned a gold watch. Hopefully that will change before dirt is shoveled over me. I keep telling my wife I've never seen a Brinks truck following a hearse.
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Nice! I talked to Stafford on a couple of occasions in recent years, and he always wears the later gold version from 1980. The rumour is that he lost his original 1969 gold watch, but I never asked him about it.
Indeed, checked my notes and found that Stafford's #13 Apollo Tribute Speedmaster, he received in November 1969, was stolen...