That’s one small step for man one giant leap for mankind.” As the American astronaut Neil Armstrong sets his left foot on the lunar surface these famous words were transmitted back to eager Americans on earth on July 20th 1969. The reference 145.022 yellow gold chronograph was released following this historical event as a commemoration of this accomplishment of mankind. With only 1014 examples produced by Omega the first and second examples were offered to the President and Vice-President of the United States. Number 3 to 32 were offered to mission astronauts and they were engraved “To mark man’s conquest of space with time through time on time”. The remaining watches were sold to the general public and like the present example number 513 featuring burgundy painted engraving on the caseback with “OMEGA SPEEDMASTER-APOLLO XI 1969-THE FIRST WATCH WORN ON THE MOON”.

Ref Variations: BA145022, ST145022,DD145022, 145022-68ST, 145022-69, 145022-69ST