OMEGA | SPEEDMASTER "SOFT GRAY DIAL" ED WHITE, REFERENCE 105.003-65 A STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET, MADE IN 1967" | 奧米茄 | Speedmaster ""Soft Gray Dial"" 型號105.003-65 精鋼計時鏈帶腕錶，機芯編號24537868，1967年製"

Superseding the reference 105.002, the Speedmaster 105.003 was produced from 1964 to 1969. This model is an extremely important wristwatch to the history of Omega as it was officially announced as Flight Qualified for all Manned Space Missions on March 1, 1965, after surviving a series of merciless tests carried out by NASA. Omega thereafter became the selected supplier of timepieces for the Gemini and Apollo space missions, shifting from the initial racetrack-orientation to a new heroic destiny that would lead the Speedmaster to the moon landing in 1969.

The reference 105.003 was released three months after the launch of the Professional reference 105.012 and produced in three nearly identical iterations over the course of five years: the -63, -64 and -65. The most famous version, 105.003-65 was officially worn by astronaut Edward White as he became the first astronaut to ever walk in space, during the 1965 Gemini IV mission. The watch has since then received the nickname Ed White to celebrate this historical moment.

In addition to the importance of this reference in the history of the Speedmaster, this particular example is fitted with an original and extremely rare soft gray dial. While the majority of dials in this color are today in poor condition, the present examples has survived beautifully.