While working on "From the Earth to the Moon", I was told that Omega, loaned the "Apollo 13" film production company, 4 Speedmasters from the original run of Apollo watches for filming. At the end of filming, the production company asked Omega, how much the watches cost, because they had been given as gifts to the 4 actors. Omega said they had to be returned, and they most defiantly were not for sale. The producers explained to Omega, the watches were already given, and they were not going to ask for them back, so ho much? I was told it was north of $500,000. That was in 1994/5 and that price would be a pretty good deal today. However, adjusted for inflation, that would be over $1,000,000 today.
