Details

CIRCA: 1976
CASE MATERIAL: Stainless steel
CASE DIAMETER: 42mm
BRACELET MATERIAL: Stainless steel
BRACELET SIZE: 7.08 inches / 180mm
DIAL: Black
MOVEMENT: Manual
FUNCTIONS: Chronograph
CALIBER: 861
BOX: No
PAPERS: No




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During the 1970s Cold War between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact), a project was developed byNASA for a link in space between an American Apollo and Soviet Soyuz spacecraft. The mission successfully took place in July 1975 and to mark this important historical event, one year later OMEGA'sexclusive Italian distributor, De Marchi, sold a very limited edition of 500 Speedmaster examples. This was the first limited edition for an OMEGAwatch in steel where the limited production of 500 watches was destined for the Italian market. This is identifiable by the letter I encircled on the case back, followed by the production number and the OMEGA symbol. The current watch is number 288 of 500.

An example of the present watch is illustrated and described in OMEGA, A Journey Through Time by Marco Richon, 2007, p .615.




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