Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional 3570.50
Hand-wound cal. 1861, a domed hesalite crystal and a solid caseback with the seahorse. The version most people mean when they say Moonwatch.
We buy Omega Speedmaster
Sell your Omega Speedmaster
You can sell your Omega Speedmaster to Reuven Watches in Utrecht. We buy every version, from a vintage 145.022 to the current Moonwatch. Send a few photos and you will hear what we offer within 24 hours.
- Within 24 hoursSaturdays and Sundays included
- Any movementcal. 321, 861, 1861 and 3861
- Shipped insuredwe pay for the shipping, from abroad as well
You are not committed to anything. Your details stay confidential.
What is my Omega Speedmaster worth?
What an Omega Speedmaster is worth depends mainly on which movement is fitted. A hand-wound Moonwatch with cal. 861 or 1861 is a different watch from the current cal. 3861, and a Speedmaster Reduced with an automatic movement sits in a market of its own again. The state of the case and the dial count too. We assess your watch on its own and you receive an offer without obligation within 24 hours, weekends included.
The Speedmaster has been in production since 1957 and in that time has never been redrawn substantially. That is pleasant to wear and awkward to value: two watches that look nearly identical in a photo can be thirty years and three movements apart. So on this model we ask different questions from those we ask on most other watches.
What we look at on a Speedmaster
Is the movement one you wind by hand, or does the watch keep running from your movement? Is the crystal domed or flat? And is there still a solid caseback with the seahorse struck into it? Those three answers almost always bring us to the right generation, even without a reference number.
Box and papers not required
We buy every Speedmaster, with or without box and papers and even when the chronograph will no longer reset. There is no minimum value. What you do not know you do not have to work out; we ask for whatever we need.
Versions
The Speedmaster versions we see most
Almost all Speedmasters share the same case and the same bezel. The difference lies in the movement, the crystal and the dial. These are the six versions that reach us most, with the number alongside so you can find it on your own watch.
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Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional 311.30.42.30.01.005
The same watch as the 3570.50 but with the fourteen-digit numbering Omega introduced in 2007. Still cal. 1861.
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Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional Master Chronometer
A new movement, cal. 3861, with a co-axial escapement. Available with hesalite and a solid caseback or with sapphire front and back.
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Omega Speedmaster Silver Snoopy Award
Two separate editions with Snoopy on the dial, one in white and the other in blue. Both in a run that sold out quickly.
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Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon
Case, bezel and dial from a single piece of black ceramic, with an automatic movement and a larger case. A line of its own within the model.
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Omega Speedmaster Reduced
Almost forty millimetres rather than forty-two, with an automatic movement. From above it looks like the Professional; from the side it does not.
Nicknames such as Moonwatch and Ed White are not official Omega designations but they are the terms people search and trade on. If your version is not listed, we buy it just the same.
Reference numbers
Speedmaster references we buy often
At Omega the number is not on the case but on the warranty document and sometimes on the inside of the caseback. If you cannot find it, we manage with photos: the crystal, the caseback and the dial usually give away the generation.
| Reference | Version | Period | Feature |
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| CK2915 | Speedmaster, first series | circa 1957 to 1959 | steel bezel, broad arrow hands, cal. 321 |
| CK2998 | Speedmaster, second series | circa 1959 to 1962 | first black bezel, slim alpha hands |
| 105.003 | Speedmaster, Ed White | circa 1963 to 1969 | straight lugs, no crown guard, cal. 321 |
| 145.012 | Speedmaster Professional | circa 1967 to 1969 | the last with cal. 321, twisted lugs |
| 145.022 | Speedmaster Professional | circa 1968 to 1988 | cal. 861, twenty years in production |
| 3590.50 | Speedmaster Professional | circa 1989 to 1996 | cal. 861, yellow gold plated, 18th jewel from 1993 |
| 3570.50 | Speedmaster Professional | circa 1996 to 2014 | cal. 1861, hesalite, solid caseback |
| 3510.50 | Speedmaster Reduced | circa 1988 to 2006 | smaller case, automatic with a module; the line ran until 2009 |
| 311.30.42.30.01.005 | Speedmaster Moonwatch | circa 2014 to 2021 | fourteen digits, still cal. 1861 |
| 310,30,42,50,01,001 and 002 | Speedmaster Moonwatch | from 2021 | cal. 3861, hesalite or sapphire |
Your reference not listed? The Speedmaster exists in hundreds of versions and limited editions, and we buy them all, including the early examples from the fifties and sixties.
Specifications
The Speedmaster in specifications
The figures below apply to the Professional in steel, the model we are offered most. On the Reduced, the ceramic versions and the early references the size and movement differ; that is noted line by line.
- Unsure between hesalite and sapphire? Look across the dial from the side. Hesalite domes up and catches the light in an arc; sapphire lies flat.
- If there is a seahorse on the back, you do not have a sapphire caseback and so no view of the movement. On the Moonwatch that is the rule and not the exception.
- Case size
- 42 mm The Reduced is almost 40 mm, the ceramic versions over 44 mm
- Movement
- Hand-wound, cal. 321, 861, 1861 or 3861 The Reduced and the ceramic line have an automatic movement
- Crystal
- Hesalite or sapphire Hesalite is acrylic and domed, sapphire lies flat and reflects differently
- Case back
- Solid with the seahorse, or sapphire The solid caseback carries the certification for manned space flight
- Bezel
- Tachymeter, aluminium or ceramic Ceramic is only on the newer and the limited editions
- Water resistance
- 50 metres A chronograph for the wrist, not a dive watch
- Lug width
- 20 mm Which is why a Speedmaster bracelet also fits other watches
- Chronograph
- Three counters, up to twelve hours Small seconds left, thirty minutes above, twelve hours right
These figures are here to help you place your own watch. We do not use them as the basis for an offer; for that we assess the individual watch.
Check it yourself
Four places you can check yourself
You do not have to be a valuer to see which Speedmaster you have. Go through these four points with the watch in hand and in daylight, and you will know roughly where you stand.
The bottom edge of the dial
Below the six, in small letters, is where the watch was made. If there is a T before and after that text, the hands and markers carry tritium and the dial dates from before about 1998. If it says only Swiss Made, it is the luminous material that came after. That single letter dates the dial and tells you whether it is still the original.
The crystal from the side
Put the watch on a table and look across it at eye level. Hesalite domes upwards and often has a small Omega mark in the middle that you only see under a lamp. Sapphire lies flat and gives hard reflections. Scratches in hesalite come with the territory and can be polished out; a scratch in sapphire is there for good.
The case back
The solid caseback carries a seahorse with, around it, the text about certification for manned space flight. If that back is worn flat or has workshop engravings in its edge, the watch has been opened. On a thirty-year-old hand-wound chronograph that is a plus rather than a flaw, if a receipt comes with it.
The pushers and the chronograph
Press the upper pusher, let the seconds hand run half a turn, press again and then press the lower one. The hand should fall back to exactly twelve in one go. If it stops elsewhere or keeps running, do say so. We buy it just the same, but it belongs in the assessment.
If you cannot work it out, that is no problem. Just send photos of what you can manage; we will ask for whatever else we need.
Have your Speedmaster assessedValuation
What sets the value of a Speedmaster?
Within the same case size two Speedmasters can sit far apart. These are the six points that weigh heaviest in that, in the order we look at them.
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Which movement it has
Cal. 321 with a column wheel, cal. 861 and 1861 with a cam, or the new cal. 3861. This is the first question and immediately the weightiest, because it decides which market your watch falls into.
Impact on the value: Large
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Whether the dial is the original
At service, dials and hands were regularly replaced. A dial whose tritium has aged evenly with the hands belongs together, and on this model that weighs heavily.
Impact on the value: Large
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Does the chronograph work properly
Does the seconds hand snap back exactly to twelve, does the minute counter run with it, and does everything hold when stopped. A hand-wound chronograph that switches cleanly has been serviced, and it shows.
Impact on the value: Large
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The state of case and bezel
The Speedmaster has a brushed surface along the lugs that disappears if it is polished too often. We also look at the aluminium bezel: worn figures and a dented edge count.
Impact on the value: Average
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Box, papers and accessories
The newer Moonwatch comes with an extra strap, a small tool and a loupe. On the older ones the warranty document is what makes the reference and the year traceable.
Impact on the value: Average
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Service history
On a movement you wind by hand, a service is no luxury. A receipt from Omega or from a good workshop is a plus, and if you kept the replaced parts, do say so.
Impact on the value: Average
We deliberately name no figures and no guide prices on this page. Every Speedmaster is assessed on its own, because on this model in particular the difference lies in the movement and the dial and not in the model.
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On a Speedmaster the crystal and the bottom edge of the dial tell you which movement is inside, before the caseback comes off.
Side by side
Moonwatch, Master Chronometer or Reduced?
These three are regularly confused, and understandably so: from above they look alike. Where they differ, and what that means if you want to sell one.
| Moonwatch cal. 1861 | Moonwatch cal. 3861 | Speedmaster Reduced | |
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| Period | 1996 to 2021 | from 2021 | 1988 to 2009 |
| Winding | By hand | By hand | Automatic |
| Case size | 42 mm | 42 mm | almost 40 mm |
| Crystal | Hesalite, sapphire on request | Hesalite or sapphire | Sapphire |
| Case back | Closed, with seahorse | Closed or display | Closed |
| How often we see it | The most common of the three | Increasingly often | Regularly, and often taken for a Professional |
Not sure which you have? Turn the crown. If you feel resistance and the watch then starts running, you are winding it by hand and have a Professional. If the crown turns freely, it is an automatic and therefore a Reduced or a ceramic version.
The market
How does the market for the Speedmaster behave?
Four things worth knowing before you decide to sell. No predictions, just what we see come through the door.
Hesalite keeps its following
When Omega began supplying the Moonwatch with sapphire as well, almost everyone expected the acrylic crystal to disappear. It did not. There is a steady group who want precisely the domed hesalite and the solid caseback with the seahorse, because that is the version that belonged to the lunar missions. So do not have that crystal swapped for sapphire before you sell.
Cal. 321 is a category of its own
Everything made before 1968 has the column-wheel movement, and the market approaches that differently from the later generations. If you do not know whether you have one, look at the reference on the warranty document or show us photos of the caseback and the dial. We will tell you.
The Reduced is often overrated and sometimes underrated
Because the Reduced looks like the Professional from above, sellers regularly expect the same outcome. It is a different watch with a different movement. At the same time the Reduced has its own audience, because it wears smaller and people look for that deliberately. So say which of the two you have and nobody talks at cross purposes.
Accessories count on this model
For some years now the Moonwatch has come with an extra strap, a changing tool and a loupe in the box. Those are loose pieces that end up in a drawer and later go missing. Look them out before you send a request, because on this model complete is a real argument.
Want to know where your example sits in this picture? Put it to us. You are not tied to the offer and you decide only once you have seen it.
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All versions
Which Speedmaster do you want to sell?
We buy every Omega Speedmaster, from an early version with cal. 321 to a Moonwatch Master Chronometer from last year. For each version we look at the movement, the crystal, the dial and the state of the case. A photo of the crystal from the side and of the caseback is enough to determine the calibre.
Sell your Omega Speedmaster Professional
The Professional is the version with the hand-wound movement and the word Professional on the dial. If you want to sell an Omega Speedmaster Professional, we first look at which movement is fitted: cal. 861 in a 145.022, cal. 1861 in a 3570.50 or a 311.30.42.30.01.005, and cal. 3861 in the newest. That question decides more than the year.
Sell your Omega Moonwatch
Moonwatch is the name under which the Professional became known and the one most searched for. To sell an Omega Moonwatch we look at the dome of the hesalite crystal, at the seahorse on the caseback and at whether the extra strap and the tool are still with it. We also buy the version with sapphire front and back.
Sell your Omega Speedmaster 3570.50
The 3570.50 ran from 1996 to 2014, which makes it the Moonwatch we are offered most. Its predecessor, the 3590.50, still has the yellow gold plated movement and is assessed separately. When selling a 3570.50 we look at the dial and the hands: examples from before about 1998 carry tritium, and that ages. If that ageing has kept pace between dial and hands, they belong together.
Sell your Omega Speedmaster 145.022
The 145.022 succeeded the cal. 321 references in 1968 and stayed in production for twenty years. If you want to sell an Omega Speedmaster 145.022, the first question is whether the dial is still the original, because on this generation dials were often replaced at service. Send a photo of the caseback too, because it sometimes carries a workshop engraving.
Sell your Omega Speedmaster Ed White or cal. 321
The 105.003 is known as the Ed White, after the astronaut who wore one during the first American spacewalk. It has straight lugs, no crown guard and the column-wheel movement. To sell a Speedmaster with cal. 321 we assess the individual watch, because within these references examples sit far apart.
Sell your Omega Speedmaster Snoopy
There are three editions with Snoopy on the dial: one from 2003, one from 2015 with a white dial and one from 2020 with a blue one. All three were made in limited runs and sold out quickly. If you want to sell an Omega Speedmaster Snoopy, do say which year it is and whether the box and the booklet are still with it, because on these editions that counts.
Sell your Omega Dark Side of the Moon
The Dark Side of the Moon is made from a single piece of black ceramic and has an automatic movement and a larger case than the Professional. There have been several colourways. When selling a Dark Side of the Moon we look at the edges of the ceramic, because a chip can break out there, and that cannot be put right.
Sell your Omega Speedmaster Reduced
The Reduced wears at almost forty millimetres and has an automatic movement with a chronograph module on top. If you want to sell an Omega Speedmaster Reduced, it is worth knowing that this is a model in its own right and not a small Professional. We look mainly at how the module works, because that is the part that needs attention after some years.
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Frequently asked questions
Questions about selling a Speedmaster
What is my Omega Speedmaster worth?
That depends mainly on which movement is fitted, on the state of the dial and on whether the chronograph switches properly. A 145.022 with cal. 861 sits in a different market from a Moonwatch with cal. 3861.
We give no guide prices on this page, because on this model they would almost always miss reality. Send a few photos and you will hear what we offer within 24 hours.
How do I know whether I have a Moonwatch or a Reduced?
Turn the crown. If you feel resistance and the watch then starts running, you are winding it by hand and have a Professional, in other words the Moonwatch. If the crown turns freely, it is an automatic and therefore a Reduced.
The Reduced is smaller too: almost forty millimetres against forty-two. Side by side that shows; separately it hardly does.
Is hesalite or sapphire worth more?
There is no general answer, because they are two versions each with their own audience. Anyone who wants the Moonwatch as it was on the lunar missions wants hesalite and a solid caseback.
What you should certainly not do is have the crystal swapped to look better. Sell the watch as it is; we assess the version that is on it.
The chronograph on my Speedmaster does not reset properly. Will you still buy it?
Yes, we simply buy it. There is no minimum value and we do not rule out a watch that does not run perfectly.
Do mention it in your request, so nobody has to come back to it later. On a hand-wound chronograph of thirty years or more this is, incidentally, more the rule than the exception.
Where is the reference on my Omega Speedmaster?
Unlike at many other brands, the number is not on the outside of the case. You find it on the warranty document and sometimes on the inside of the caseback.
If you have no papers, send photos of the dial, of the crystal from the side and of the caseback. From that combination we usually work out the generation.
Do you also buy a Speedmaster without box and papers?
Yes. We buy every brand, with or without box and papers, and there is no minimum value.
The warranty document does make the reference and the year traceable, so if you still have it, it is worth looking out. An extra strap and the tool count too.
What is cal. 321 and why is it looked at separately?
Cal. 321 is the column-wheel movement Omega fitted to the Speedmaster until 1968. After that came a simpler switching mechanism that was cheaper to service.
For the market that is a dividing line. Everything with cal. 321 is assessed on its own, and within that group examples still vary widely.
How soon do I get an offer on my Speedmaster?
Within 24 hours of your request, every day of the week. Weekends included.
You are not tied to the offer. You decide only once you have seen it, and if you turn it down you keep your watch.
Assessed by
Beni Reuben
Owner and valuer at Reuven Watches
Beni Reuben can tell from the outside of a Speedmaster which movement he will find inside. He reads it from the crystal and the bottom edge of the dial, because those tell you which movement is fitted before the caseback comes off.
Ten years in the watch trade
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Curious what we would offer for your Speedmaster?
Send photos of the dial, of the crystal from the side and of the caseback, and you will hear what we offer within 24 hours. Weekends included.
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