posted 06-09-2004 02:37 AM               

Omega. A fine and historically significant stainless steel water-resistant chronograph wristwatch worn by Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford, astronaut on Gemini VI and IX-A, Apollo X and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), with NASA presentation box containing political and space memorabilia

This watch is offered in a large steel and leather NASA presentation box containing ten metal trays. On the trays are:

• Envelopes bearing first day of issue Moon landing stamps
  
• Invitations to the White House for reception of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, October 21, 1986 to Mr. Uwe Schimpf
  
• Apollo XI and American eagle patches
  
• Spare stainless steel Omega bracelet and spare nylon strap
  
• Portrait of Vice President George Bush, circa 1981; Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger; and candid picture of General Stafford with Secretary Weinberger
  
• Seven NASA press photos showing different parts of the space program
  
• A moon rock (30 x 30 x 45 mm.)
  
• The watch
  
• Four press pamphlets detailing Apollo XI and XII and Skylab missions
  
• Two presentation licence plates, one of Florida's 1989 commemoration of the Space Shuttle Challenger, and one of the 1989
• Presidential Innauguration autographed by Vice President Dan Quale
  
• A small U.S. Presidential flag
  
• A copy of Life magazine from July 25, 1969, 'Leaving for the Moon' The Moon Watch, a booklet by Omega about the Speedmaster Professional model
  
• A signed portrait of Gen. Stafford from the Apollo X mission
  
• An American flag with gold tassle border

The present example was worn in space by Lieutenant General Thomas P. Stafford on his historic ASTP mission in July 1975.