OMEGA | MISSIONS GEMINI XI, REFERENCE 3597.09.00 A STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET, CIRCA 1998

Dial: black Calibre: cal. 1861 mechanical, 18 jewels Movement number: 48'379'386 Case: stainless steel, screw down case back Closure: stainless steel Omega bracelet and folding clasp  Size: 42 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 195 mm Signed: case, dial and movementAccessories: Omega International Warranty, instruction manual and presentation box

Made to commemorate the Gemini XI mission undertaken by astronauts Charles Conrad Jr. and Richard Gordon Jr. On this mission they successfully rendezvoused and docked with an unmanned vessel, the first time this had been acheived in direct-ascent, they also set the world record for the height of their orbit above earth, and also created artificial gravity in microgravity, another world first. These accomplishments are in part depicted on the logo that is featured on the dial of the present lot.