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As a NASA-issued tool, the Speedmaster Professional then made it to the moon on the wrist of Buzz Aldrin, when he and Neil Armstrong became the first humans to set foot on the lunar surface during ...
Because NASA recertified the Speedmaster for use on space-shuttle missions in the seventies, Omega didn’t dare meddle with it, keeping it exactly as it was in 1957.
Neil Armstrong’s Omega Speedmaster Professional Could Fetch Over $2 Million at Auction The astronaut was given the watch in 1969 after becoming the first person to step on the surface of the ...
On March 1, 1965, the Omega Speedmaster was officially qualified by NASA for manned space missions. To mark this 60th anniversary, last month the watchmaker hosted journalists from across the ...
History buffs and horologists will know that Omega’s relationship with NASA runs deep. The watchmaker’s mighty Speedmaster played a role in the Apollo space program and was worn by both Neil ...
The new version of the First Omega in Space re-creates the look of an aged CK 2998 by maintaining the 39.7-mm symmetrical steel case, black aluminum “Dot-Over-Ninety” tachymeter bezel, and ...
A rare gold Omega Speedmaster that NASA gifted astronaut Richard Gordon in 1969 is up for grabs on RR Auction. Bids are currently sitting at $51,793.
Following NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), which successfully struck an asteroid on Monday, Omega, of Moonwatch fame, set its sights on the Red Planet with the launch of the ...
Lastly, and most significantly, are Omega’s ties with NASA. The first Omega to make it into space was a Speedmaster reference CK 2998, the personal watch of US astronaut Walter Schirra, who wore it ...