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24 June 2026 - Basel Watch Auction
Provenance

Swiss owner

The Speedmaster Professional Apollo 11 ref. 3560.50.00 was introduced in 1999 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 21, 1969, at 2:56 GMT. During the mission, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins all wore Speedmasters on their wrists.
Online Catalogue 24 June 2026 - Basel Watch Auction Lot 420

Omega
Speedmaster
Moon Watch 30th anniversary Apollo XI
Ref. 3560.50.00, No. 1550/1999, circa 1999

A stainless-steel limited-edition chronograph manual winding wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and bezel with tachometer graduated to 500 UPH.

Case: three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back with the engraving mojo
“Hello Houston, Tranquility Base here, The Eagle has landed July 211969 02:56 GMT”, tachometer graduation on the black bezel, crown and pusher guards, lyre lugs, signed

Dial: black with painted luminous baton indexes, outer minute/seconds and 1/5th seconds divisions, sunk subsidiary dials for seconds, 12-hour and 30-minute registers, luminous white “baton” hands, luminous white hand for the central seconds, signed

Movement: mechanical with manual winding, calibre 1861, signed

Buckle/Clasp: Stainless steel bracelet with déployant clasp, signed

Dimensions: 42 mm

Bracelet length: 170 mm

Estimate

*CHF 4'000 – 6'000

Provenance

Swiss owner

The Speedmaster Professional Apollo 11 ref. 3560.50.00 was introduced in 1999 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 21, 1969, at 2:56 GMT. During the mission, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins all wore Speedmasters on their wrists.

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