製造商: Omega 年份: 1961 型號: CK 2998-4, repeated on the inner caseback 機芯編號: 17’765’045 型號名稱: Speedmaster 材料: Stainless steel 機芯: Manual, cal. 321, 17 jewels 錶帶/ 錶鏈: Stainless steel Omega bracelet, max length 190 mm 錶扣: Stainless steel Omega deployant clasp stamped 3.61 and 7912 尺寸: 39.5 mm diameter 簽名: Case, dial, bracelet and movement signed 配件: Further delivered with Extract of the Archives confirming production of the present watch in 1961 and its delivery to the United States.
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The reference 2998 was in production from 1959 until 1962.
Minor modifications, such as changes in bezels, hands or dials were made to reference 2998 throughout its production run, and each modification is defined by the number after the hyphen in the reference number inscribed on the inner caseback. This particular reference, the 2998-4, differs from its predecessors in the choice of hands for the subsidiary dials. Essentially, the CK 2998-4, -5, -6 were the last production years of the model.
The CK 2998 was the first Speedmaster in space, worn by Wally Schirra as his personal watch on the Sigma 7 mission of the Mercury Program in October 1962. Adding an element of collectability, the present watch was delivered within the same batch that contained the privately flown Speedmaster of Wally Schirra.
Omega's rich history begins with its founder, Louis Brandt, who established the firm in 1848 in La Chaux de Fonds. In 1903, the company changed its name to Omega, becoming the only watch brand in history to have been named after one its own movements. A full-fledged manufacturer of highly accurate, affordable and reliable watches, its sterling reputation enabled them to be chosen as the first watch company to time the Olympic Games beginning in 1932. Its continued focus on precision and reliability ultimately led their Speedmaster chronograph wristwatch to be chosen by NASA in 1965 — the first watch worn on the moon.
Key models sought-after by collectors include their first, oversized water-resistant chronograph — the reference 2077, early Speedmaster models such as the CK 2915 and 2998, military-issued versions of the Seamaster and oversized chronometer models such as those fitted with their prestigious caliber 30T2Rg.