Omega Speedmaster 145.022-68 B&P 1969 - Roy & Sacha Davidoff SA

Omega Speedmaster 145.022-68 B&P 1969

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OMEGA Speedmaster 145.022-68, Box & Papers, 1969
Serial: 26558198
Circa: 1969
Reference No.: 145.022-68

CASE: 42mm, stainless steel, steel with black DO90 tachymeter bezel

DIAL: Black matte dial with applied logo and trititum indexes

MOVEMENT: Calibre 861, hand-wound chronograph, 17 jewels

BRACELET: Omega Stainless Steel 1039/516 dated 1.69

CONDITION REPORT: The dial is in perfect, mint condition with nice cream patina of the tritium hour markers. The luminous material in the hands is original and has darkened over time. The case is worn, but unpolished. The DO90 bezel insert is in excellent condition, aged beautifully and has a blueish hue.
Movement was fully overhauled in January 2021 (after photography).

Notes: The present watch comes with its original box and stamped warranty from Turler in Zurich, Switzerland. The watch was sold on July 13, 1969 just a few days before the launch of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon.
According to the Omega Museum archives the present watch was manufactured February 3, 1969 and delivered to Turler in Zurich on March 31, 1969.

In 1968, Omega launched its Calibre 861 to replace the 321. The 861 was more precise, with its higher frequency, while more efficient to manufacture as it has a shuttle cam. Column wheel movements, like the 321, are expensive to produce and require very fine adjustment to function properly, so for mass-produced inexpensive movements a simpler solution is required. For example, the 861 contains a shuttle cam (or navette).
The transitional models of 1968 with the new reference 145.022 instead of 145.012, kept the same dials as the 1967 professional models. They had the Omega metal applied logo.