Several years ago I bought my Apollo Eleven LE Speedmaster from an Omega AD known for his discrete great deals
On mentioning the watch to me, I immeadiately said, I'll take it!!

The number 0011 watch arrived the next day and was just as described.
The watch was new in box and was sold back to the dealer from a first owner,
who had purchased it a couple months earlier. It came with complete set (I have the patch and more paperwork someplace), but there was on small hitch.
The returning buyer had requested a fancier Omega wood box instead of the black special Apollo 11 box.
The AD did his best to try and locate the correct box for me, but he had recently moved after his store, (on Continental Blvd, Washington, DC ) was seized for urban renewal and the box was nowhere to be found.




I was in Orlando for family matters and bought another Speedmaster, a 145.022-69, 14 days ago. ( Dennis will tell you that you can't have too many Speedmasters ). This was from a very nice small shop
I wore the watch out the door, and the dealer said he would find an Omega box and mail me my Zenith Mango-Mango back home to me. Worked for me.









Flash forward to this week.
After a 13 day wait my Mango finally showed up yesterday. The post Office had misplaced it, though they knew where it was. So here it is:

 

Yes Dennis said that to me, or more like ,
"Dude that's Watch Karma. You do good for the forum or watches and the Watch Gods will take care of you"
So give credit to the amazing Squirrel Man.

Here he is, takin' his props

 

Start with post #1 and read through 'till number 320,000 or so. Will pretty much cover it.

 

OK, OK. That was not helpful. Here.

Well, it started back in 1967, when Dennis was just a pup. Then, around the time of Atlantis' fourth flight, STS-30, of which Dennis was slated to be the command pilot and to do some adjustments to the Hubble telescope, (small areas where only a squirrel could get into.) he start having problems with hair loss. Well the powers that be decided he was too much of a risk and he might get squirrel hair in the Hubble . He was grounded
Well naturally Dennis was devastated ! Omega felt bad for him as he had been such an ardent Omega supporter ever since he found an old 2700 constellation in a hollow tree at age two . Omega had a special Omega Speedmaster LE made for him to honor his achievements as the first squirrel space. Now we all know Dennis can have a bit of a temper. He took the presentation LE Speedmaster given to him by Stephen Urquhart (Gold with red bezel) and threw it in the Ocean off Cape Canaveral, or was it Hoboken? Never matter. From that day forward Dennis swore that he would never wear another Speedmaster again.
So now you know the whole sad story

A fuller account can be found on page 833, appendix 2915E, Omega, A Journey Through Time.

 

Sweet!

There is a box on eBay at the moment but its so messed up, one of the worst I've seen.