Special issue dedicated to the Apollo 11 Commemorative Editions.
This free electronic review provides a full overview of all the commemorative models produced between 1969 and 2019.
Apollo 11 was the third manned mission to approach the Moon, after Apollo 8 and Apollo 10, and the fifth manned mission of the Apollo program.
The mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969 by the giant Saturn V rocket developed for this program. It carried a crew composed of Neil Armstrong, Mission Commander, Buzz Aldrin, Lunar Module Pilot, and Michael Collins, Command and Service Module Pilot who would remain in lunar orbit.
On July 21, 1969, after a few adventures, Neil Armstrong landed the Eagle lunar vehicle on the Moon, and became the first man to set foot in another world, at 2:56 GMT. After about 15 minutes, Buzz Aldrin joined him. The two men spent 21 hours and 36 min- utes on the surface of the Moon and performed a unique extra-vehicular activity lasting 2 hours and 31 minutes.
After re-launching and achieving a lunar orbit rendezvous with the command and service module, the Apollo spacecraft returned to Earth and landed in the Pacific Ocean after a flight that lasted 8 days, 3 hours and 18 minutes.
Along with them, the Speedmaster Professional also made history as the first watch worn on the Moon and became the Moonwatch.
1969
APOLLO XI 1969
– Tribute to Astronauts
Numbered series
of 1’014 watches
Reference
BA 145.022-69
(3 different casebacks and 2 different dials)
1980
APOLLO XI 1980
– Yellow Gold
Numbered series
of ca. 300 watches
Reference
BA 345.0802 / BA 145.0802
PIC 3154C / 3150C (1988)
1980
APOLLO XI 1980
– White Gold
Numbered series
of ca. 20 watches
Reference
BA 345.0802
1989
APOLLO XI 20th Anniversary
Numbered series
4’000 (World); 2’000 (USA); 250 (Germany)
Reference
3590B / 3590.50 (World)
3590BN / 3590.59 (USA)
3590BA / 3590.58 (Germany)
1994
APOLLO XI 25th Anniversary
Numbered series
of 2’500 watches
Reference
3591.50 / 3891.50
1994
APOLLO XI 25th Anniversary
– Italy
Numbered series
of 999 watches
Reference
3592.50 / 3892.50
1994
APOLLO XI 25th Anniversary
– White Gold
Numbered series
of 500 watches
Reference
3192.10 / 3692.30
1994
APOLLO XI 25th Anniversary
– Platinum Skeleton
Numbered series
of 50 watches
Reference
3096.30 / 3097.30
1994
APOLLO XI 25th Anniversary
– Platinum Skeleton & Diamonds
Numbered series
of 10 watches
Reference
3098.30 / 3099.30
1998
Apollo XI
– Missions (Individual pieces)
Unnumbered series
of ca. 100-150 watches
Reference
3597.15
1999
APOLLO XI 30th Anniversary
– The Eagle Has Landed
Numbered series
of 9’999 watches
Reference
3560.50
2004
APOLLO XI 35th Anniversary
Numbered series
of 3’500 watches
Reference
3569.31
2009
APOLLO XI 40th Anniversary
Numbered series
of 7’969 watches
Reference
311.30.42.30.01.002
2009
APOLLO XI 40th Anniversary
– Platinum
Numbered series
of 69 watches
Reference
311.90.42.30.01.001
2014
APOLLO XI 45th Anniversary
Numbered series
of 1’969 watches
Reference
311.62.42.30.06.001
2019
APOLLO XI 50th Anniversary
Numbered series
of 6’969 watches
Reference
310.20.42.50.01.001
2019
APOLLO XI 50th Anniversary
– Moonshine Gold
Numbered series
of 1’014 watches
Reference
310.60.42.50.99.001
