{"id":12365,"date":"2024-12-28T13:40:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T12:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/a-speedmaster-145-022-69-straight-writing-with-a-nice-story\/"},"modified":"2024-12-28T13:40:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T12:40:44","slug":"a-speedmaster-145-022-69-straight-writing-with-a-nice-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/a-speedmaster-145-022-69-straight-writing-with-a-nice-story\/","title":{"rendered":"A Speedmaster 145.022-69 “Straight Writing” with a nice story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I have the pleasure to show you a 145.022-69 “Straight Writing” that I have just bought from its first and only owner. \u00a0It was given to him by his mother and grandparents, on the occasion of his first communion.<\/p>\n

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The watch still has its original papers, dated April 20, 1973.<\/p>\n

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The warranty booklet was printed in 1970, which is perfectly consistent for a 145.022-69.<\/p>\n

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The Speedmaster can be seen in several vintage pictures kindly provided by the previous owner.<\/p>\n

Below, a photography of the various gifts he received at his communion. \u00a0We can clearly see the famous \u201ccrater box\u201d\u00a0that was originally delivered with the Straight Writing. \u00a0Unfortunately, the latter has been lost.<\/p>\n

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September 1973, on his ninth birthday.<\/p>\n

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The two pictures below were taken between 1978 and 1981.<\/p>\n

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The watch is in beautiful original condition, with its “step” dial and “dot next to 90” bezel. \u00a0The tritium indexes have developed a light patina, often seen on early 1970’s examples.<\/p>\n

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This rare reference is called \u201cStraight Writing\u201d because of the writing \u201cThe\u00a0First Watch Worn On the Moon\u201d horizontally engraved below the Omega logo. \u00a0It is the first Speedmaster model referring to the conquest of the Moon.<\/p>\n

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The caliber 861 is in very good condition. \u00a0It was fully serviced at Omega Benelux in 2009.<\/p>\n

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A letter from the first owner comes with the watch, in which he explains its provenance.<\/p>\n

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Vintage Speedmasters all have a story, most of the time forgotten. \u00a0This one told us its own, the rest of which has yet to be written.<\/p>\n

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Ga\u00ebtan Lana, 12\/28\/2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I have the pleasure to show you a 145.022-69 “Straight Writing” that I have just bought from its first and only owner. \u00a0It was given to him by his mother and grandparents, on the occasion of his first communion.   The watch still has its original papers, dated April 20, 1973.   The warranty booklet was printed in 1970, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[96],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12365"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsvintagewatches.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}