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OMEGA
SPEEDMASTER PROFESSIONAL MAN ON THE MOON BLACK FACE CHRONOGRAPH

Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch mechanical men's watch
The Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch mechanical men's watch looks great and looks to be a popular timepiece this Christmas. This  Omega Speedmaster inherits from Omega's 150-year history and it really looks the part in any setting. This stainless steel watch from the Speedmaster Moonwatch range features a chronograph and mechanical movement. The Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch mechanical men's watch is an elegant timepiece by Omega with one of the most popular historical backgrounds. This watch comes with omega box and some booklets. dated 1990s fully overhauled.

This watch has been fully serviced, polished and all seals replaced.

please note this is not a waterproof watch

12 month guarantee.

The results
On March 1, 1965, the test results were complete. Three brands’ chronographs had still been in the running. Of those, one brand’s entry had stumbled on two separate occasions in the relative humidity test. In the course of the heat-resistance test it finally came to rest for good. The large seconds hand warped and was binding against the other hands.

The crystal of the second brand’s chronograph had warped and come away from the case during the heat test. The same unfortunate occurrence took place with a second model of the same make during the decompression test.

Only the OMEGA Speedmaster passed. At the time, NASA’s testers wrote, “Operational and environmental tests of the three selected chronographs have been completed; and, as a result of the test, OMEGA chronographs have been calibrated and issued to three members of the GT-3 (Gemini Titan III) crews.”

What sounds like a reserved, sober announcement was, in fact, the official decree that from that time forward, the OMEGA Speedmaster would be the only watch approved for all manned space flights and would be become an inextricable part of the OMEGA legacy. As significant was a NASA communiqué dated March 1st, 1965 which said, “. . . the astronauts show a unanimous preference for the Omega chronograph over the other two brands because of better accuracy, reliability, readability and ease of operation.”

An ironic postscript: OMEGA only learned about the Speedmaster’s journey into space after seeing a photograph of Ed White taken during America’s first spacewalk as part of the Gemini 4 mission in June of 1965.


Source: NASA documentation and correspondence, 1961 -- 1965.

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