Astronauts wore Rolex GMT's and not just Speedmasters. Say it isn't so...

SpeedyPhill · Mar 30, 2018

April 11, 1970... Apollo 13 CMP John "Jack" Swigert suits up for launch and wore a Rolex GMT underneath the forearm underwear of the A7L spacesuit... Note the patch on his suit, so an actual launch day photograph!
IMHO he was the first to take a Rolex wrist watch into lunar orbit 👍
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SpeedyPhill · Mar 30, 2018

April 18, 1970... President Richard Nixon presented the Apollo 13 crew with the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honour during ceremonies the day after splashdown on the island Hawaii. Note Jack Swigert was wearing an Omega Speedmaster on his right wrist and his Rolex GMT on the left wrist.
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omegaswisst · Mar 30, 2018

SpeedyPhill
April 1970... astronaut Charlie Duke, Apollo 13 Backup Lunar Module Pilot, got infected by his children with German measles...
Both prime & backup crew got exposed and as Apollo 13's original Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly was not immune, he was hastily replaced by astronaut Jack Swigert... Three days before the planned launch, so no time for a new WSS - White Space Suit crew photo but a crew photo in civilian clothes... Jack Swigert clearly wore a Rolex GMT wrist watch...
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Hi @SpeedyPhill

I always enjoy reading the information you provide with pictures.

BTW I do like the models in this picture.

michaelmc · Mar 30, 2018

Those guys & gals are real hero’s imho, some of the smartest & bravest we have, on or off
planet. They use their watches as real tool watches.

SpeedyPhill · Mar 31, 2018

Apollo 13 CMP Jack Swigert proudly wore his personal Rolex wrist watch for this official NASA portrait (NASA photo n° S71-52266)
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SpeedyPhill · Mar 31, 2018

Not only astronauts... also cosmonauts !
April 1971... cosmonaut Vladimir Shatalov wore a Rolex wrist watch during training for the Soyuz 10 mission...
1973 NASA photos taken during the training for the ASTP - Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission show Shatalov still wearing his Rolex 👍
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SpeedyPhill · Apr 1, 2018

June 1972... during Apollo 17 lunar EVA training, astronaut Eugene Cernan was pictured wearing a Rolex wrist watch over his left forearm...
Wonder where this time piece ended up... 👎
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SpeedyPhill · Jun 6, 2018

Apollo 7 postflight... was Schirra the first to clearly wear/enjoy a Rolex GMT in Apollo-era ( other than the X-15 pilot William "Pete" Knight ) ?
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Professor · Jun 6, 2018

SpeedyPhill
Apollo 13 CMP Jack Swigert proudly wore his personal Rolex wrist watch for this official NASA portrait (NASA photo n° S71-52266)
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Am I seeing a chocolate dial and bezel or is it an illusion caused by a faded image? looks to be a Gold case and bracelet. If so he was really styling and profiling.

SpeedyPhill · Jul 2, 2018

February 1971, the Apollo 14 crew has been recovered by the USS New Orleans in the South Pacific Ocean...
The crew in the MQF - Mobile Quarantine Facility with CMP Stuart Roosa on the left wearing his Omega Speedmaster at the right wrist but LMP Edgar Mitchell on the right was clearly sporting a Rolex GMT 1675 of which the Pepsi bezel colours speak for themselves !
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ulackfocus · Jul 2, 2018

I ♥️ this thread.

Co-axial · Aug 20, 2018

This is why I am on the Omega forum instead of the Rolex forum.

Professor · Aug 20, 2018

This forum is great. It has information about every type and brand. Also not snooty.

Foo2rama · Aug 20, 2018

Professor
This forum is great. It has information about every type and brand. Also not snooty.

We are about Invictas...

mancio · Aug 20, 2018

These guys not only were incredible, but they also had amazing taste for theit watches😎😎

Professor · Aug 20, 2018

Foo2rama
We are about Invictas...

What's an Invicta, some sort of Moped?
Or perhaps an electric razor?

Foo2rama · Aug 20, 2018

Professor
What's an Invicta, some sort of Moped?
Or perhaps an electric razor?

cheap watch that basically copies popular brands and charges large amounts of money for watches then has them always on heavy discount... goggle it

ClarendonVintage · Aug 20, 2018

Foo2rama
cheap watch that basically copies popular brands and charges large amounts of money for watches then has them always on heavy discount... goggle it

isn't google marvellous

SpeedyPhill · Aug 21, 2018

Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins seen during training, clearly wearing a Rolex Turn-O-Graph wrist watch
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SpeedyPhill · Nov 16, 2018

Follow-up on my earlier post about William "Pete" Knight's X-15 missions... in the white ablative coating he set the speed record Mach 6.7
On October 17, 1967 he took an X-15 above 85000 meters ( 50 miles ) which was considered space for the USAF , earning him USAF astronaut wings. So we could consider this as Pete Knight wearing the first Rolex to reach " space " ?
( although FAI still considers the Karman line at 100 Km as the space boundary ).
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