A RARE wristwatch - made to celebrate the Apollo XI moon landing - has been sold at auction in Yorkshire for more than £20,000.

The Omega Speedmaster watch, made in 1969, attracted a winning bid of £22,000 this week during a sale held by Tennants Auctioneers, of Leyburn, North Yorkshire.

The watch was Omega’s first ever 18 carat gold Speedmaster and was produced in a limited edition.

From the 1,014 pieces made, numbers 1 and 2 were given to President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew, and legendary astronauts such as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin received edition numbers between 3 to 32.

Selling well above estimate too, were a circa 1972 Patek Philippe 18 carat white gold Ellipse with the Iraqi coat of arms, which sold for £6,500, and a 1967 Rolex ‘Pepsi Bezel’ GMT Master, which sold for £8,800.

The jewellery section of the sale was led by a Diamond, Pink Topaz and Split Pearl Brooch, which sold for £40,000 and featured four unusually large and well-cut topaz.