Omega Speedmaster

[Sam99]

Hello all,

A bit of advice please :

I have an Omega Speedmaster Moon watch. I bought it about 10 years ago; it’s been in a drawer for the lays seven years.
Crying shame really.

I was looking on a well known website, trying to gauge a value.
I noticed that the watches advertised on there have automatic movements, whilst mine is manual wind.

Is this correct ?
Did I buy a copy all those years back ??

Any advice / information will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Sam

[chrisispringles]

AFAIK the older ones have hand wound movements, they changed to automatic between 1971 and 1973 IIRC.

[davidexige]

Depending on which model you have, the 3570.50.00 and 3573.50.00 are still manual wind.

[Arun_D]

^ As above.

My old Speedy Pro circa 2003 was manual wind.

[daveenty]

If yours is a solid case back with the NASA stuff etched on it, it will probably be a 3570.50.00 with a Cal 1861 movement which, as stated above, is manual winding and still being made today.

There are so many variations of this watch now that it gets confusing, but (if yours was new or newish when bought) it's probably one of these, which is as close to the original "Moonwatch" as you can get nowadays.

The original was numbered 105.012 with a Cal 321 movement in it. Worth a few bob now if any for sale.

The most common early one would be a 145.0** (where the * vary dependent on year, but all similar) with a cal 861 movement.

Yours could possibly be this if it was a few years old when bought.

A lot of information about Speedies HERE.

As for value, all depends what someone wants to pay really, the earlier the better, but for a 3570 in good nick with box and papers, between £1500 - £2000 I'd guess. I've seen cheaper, but always wary of the old "If it looks too good to be true"

[esuuv]

I'm looking for one so PM me details if you'de like.

[Chicane-UK]

As has been said £1,500 should be enough to buy you a cherished manual winder with box and paperwork in order.. so price down accordingly from there depending on what you have

[Sam99]

Thanks for all your replies and advice.

Sam