Tachymètre bezel... Omega Speedmaster in automotive world

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auc.../reference-145012-speedmaster-red-racing-dial



Property From The Original Owner, Mr Henk de Vries
REFERENCE 145012 SPEEDMASTER 'RED RACING DIAL'
RETAILED BY MEISTER: A STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET, CIRCA 1967


This unique timepiece is offered by Henk de Vries, an equally unique and charismatic Dutch Canadian adventurer. In college he studied Auto Techniques and following his service in the Transport Division of the Dutch Army he took up rallying and car racing. He then became the Director of the Anti-Slip School near the Zaandvoort Grand Prix Race Track in Holland where he taught the art of Skid Control to many famous race car drivers, including Jim Clarke and Graham Hill. He emigrated from Holland in 1966 and partnered with BP Oil to open the first of two Skid Schools in Canada. While operating these schools he raced Porsches and Mini Coopers on weekends at the Mosport racetrack near Toronto. Mr de Vries purchased the present lot in 1969 directly from the Meister Boutique and continued to wear the watch for the next 40 years, from racing cars to racing yachts. Wearing his trusty Speedmaster, Henk crossed the Andes into Chile, twice sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, braved storms in the Bay of Biscay, sailed through the Bermuda Triangle, around the Caribbean Islands and up and down the US Atlantic seaboard countless times.

Funny how it originally had a water resistance of 200 feet, then was reduced to 50m!

😉

https://omegaforums.net/threads/interesting-ad-for-speedy.168912/

PS tongue firmly planted in cheek.

Small feet 😉


( one site I landed on I had to pay for pictures of feet…😕 😁 )

I posted some speedy racing pics here:

https://omegaforums.net/threads/gun...aster-2998-3-and-more-motorsport-pics.121886/

While I yet admire the space program from the 1960s and 1970s I appreciate the Speedmaster more for its auto racing vibe featured in your thread here SpeedyPhil than I do for its association with NASA.

Thanks for posting this topic!