Omega Speedmaster 145.022-68 Transitional 1969

Omega Speedmaster*** 145.022-68 Transition*** 1969

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OMEGA Speedmaster 145.022-68 Transitional Reference, Applied Logo Dial
Serial: 26558528
Circa: 1969
Reference: 145.022-68

CASE: 42mm Stainless Steel, lyre lug moonwatch case, acrylic crystal, black tachymeter bezel (DO90) & screw case back

DIAL: Black matte dial with tritium hour markers, applied logo

MOVEMENT: Caliber 861, hand wound mechanical chronograph, 17 jewels

BRACELET: Omega stainless steel flat link 1039/516 dated 2.69

CONDITION REPORT: The dial is excellent and the tritium luminous material is intact with nice cream. The hands are original and the tritium is intact with darkened lume from aging. The case is unpolished, very crisp and bezel original with signs of wear and a little scratching and chipping around, but overall very nice. The bracelet is in excellent and unpolished condition as well.

NOTES: According to the Omega Museum, the present watch was produced June 20, 1969 and delivered to Aruba (Dutch Antilles). We did not order the archives extract as this service is still not available, but just checked information with the Museum.

The Speedmaster 145.022-68 was launched in 1968 and was the very first to contain the caliber 861 as a replacement for the caliber 321. Deliveries began in early 1969 and the reference was then quickly replaced by the 145.022-69. What makes this reference distinctive aside from its very short production run (less than one year), is that there is an applied logo on the dial like its predecessor, meanwhile the following references had printed logos.

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