Omega - TI 145.0022 Alaska Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch Alaska Project I

As an eBay Partner,
we may be compensated
if you make a purchase.
Brand: Omega
Family: Speedmaster Moonwatch
Reference: TI 145.0022 Alaska
Name: Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch Alaska Project I
Movement: Omega caliber 861
Small Seconds, Hours, Minutes | Chronograph
Produced: 1971/1 - 1973/7
Limited: No

Case

Material: Titanium
Bezel: Tachymeter
Glass: Plexi
Back: Closed
Shape: Cushion
Diameter: 42.00 mm
Lug Width: 20.00 mm
W/R: 50.00 m

Dial

Nickname: Alaska Project
Color: White
Indexes: Stick / Dot
Hands: Stick
Omega TI 145.0022 Alaska : Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch Alaska Project I

Omega TI 145.0022 Alaska description

The Alaska Project the goal of this project, led by Pierre Chopard from the late 1960's to 1973, was to improve on the Speedmaster by creating a watch perfectly suited to the low temperatures in space. The Swiss patent CH 537170 was granted on 31 May, 1973, for an outer case designed to protect the watch from extreme temperature variations. The watch’s dial was coated with zinc oxide; this material provides the highest resistance to solar radiation. NASA’s response to the prototype, however, was that they saw no need to improve on the Speedmaster. The project therefore remained a prototype.

The present watch is one of the first Alaska Project watches, featuring a cushion-shaped case in titanium, which in the picture is fitted with an additional heat shield.