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Hello Miki: it is my feeling that all 1014 watches ref 145.022-69 full gold …
May 18, 2023,23:06 PM
… commonly known as Tribute to Astronauts had DON bezels.
Probably our dear Art can confirm this.
By the other hand all watches of that historical issue are non flown as they were presented to Astronauts after the Moon Landing in 1969.
The beautiful watch shared by our colleague Champthekid is the 2019 reissue celebrating 50th Anniversary of Moon Landing and keeps the traditional DON bezel though it was made of ceramic instead of the original aluminum one.
Both watches are to die for!
Best cordial regards
Abel
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What a 'beauty"...
By: MikiJ : May 16th, 2023-19:22
Ain't many of these Wear in good health, Miki
Thank you, Nico!
By: Champthekid : May 16th, 2023-21:46
I like a little gold mixed in the collection, but totally understand some are not fans. I’m not a fan of two tone watches. It has to be either all gold or all steel for me 😀
The Moonshine …
By: Cpt Scarlet : May 16th, 2023-22:03
It’s a special watch … ...
Congrats! I saw this exact watch somewhere.
By: Clueless_Collector : May 16th, 2023-22:11
Good to see a fellow WPS member got it. Wear it in good health. I think the other steel version is worthy to collect as well. ...
Rare birds . . .
By: Dr No : May 17th, 2023-18:30
. . . indeed. This image was taken at the Phillips roadshow for their 2016 Speedmaster auction. Unfortunately I don't recall details, but if not mistaken there was interesting provenance for this one. Another intriguing version . . . . . . is the yellow g...
Cool. Thanks for posting.
By: Champthekid : May 17th, 2023-19:12
I wonder if the Philips road show one was one of the few gold Speedy’s they originally gave to astronauts? I know watch number 1 was given to President Nixon who gave it back because he couldn’t accept such an extravagant gift while in office. That’s the ...
I believe...
By: MikiJ : May 17th, 2023-19:20
This one is an original limited batch of non flown gold Speedmasters because of it's DON bezel. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Regardless, it's certainly a beautiful Speedy
My bad - yes, not flown, but presented.
By: MikiJ : May 18th, 2023-23:40
For whatever reason other than age do I think there's another version without a DON ceramic bezel. Hopefully Art can shed a little light on these.
Hmmm . . . I thought all of them . . .
By: Dr No : May 19th, 2023-01:34
. . . were identical, at least originally. My brain cells are dying off sooner than expected - it's getting harder to remember details now.
Thank you so much.
By: Champthekid : May 19th, 2023-02:16
Nice wrist shot. Such a great watch 😁