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Exactly 48 years ago, to the date, the Apollo 8 crew was ready for their historic mission during which they orbited the Moon ten times over the course of 20 hours, made the amazing Earthrise photo and made their Christmas Eve TV broadcast...
Here commander Frank Borman seen wearing an Omega Speedmaster chronograph.
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The moonwatch circle is complete ...
Bulova Accutron Astronaut by Gordon Cooper
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Commander Dave Scoot EVA #3 Bulova Chronograph
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Another great update at MWU - MoonWatchUniverse on Apollo 1 & Apollo 14 missions... celebrating 60 years Omega Speedmaster
Check: http://moonwatchuniverse.tumblr.com/archive
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Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell took 2 Rolex GMT master reference 1675 wristwatches in his Personal Preference Kit to the Moon:
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From 31:15 onwards very nice timelapse of the Omega 145022-69 Speedmaster 861 chronograph at work in the Apollo 17 heat flow experiment
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January 17, 1967... exactly 50 years ago... Press day for the first Apollo crew to test the new hardware for NASA's lunar mission program...
Apollo 1 - Gus Grissom , Edward White and Roger Chaffee
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From 31:15 onwards very nice timelapse of the Omega 145022-69 Speedmaster 861 chronograph at work in the Apollo 17 heat flow experiment
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Looks like one of the infamous bezel-less examples.
 
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Probably the best photo of an Omega Speedmaster chronograph taken during an Apollo mission...
Apollo 13 film mag 59/R photo AS13-059-8488
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In preparation for the March 1965 Gemini III mission, John Young was often seen & pictured wearing two wristwatches...
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I want one of those suits for around the house, on the weekends.

Also for around the beach?

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Does anybody know if a 1967 145.012 actually went on any missions or if, as I have heard, it was the one used on Apollo 13?
 
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March has always been an exciting month for space flight fans... March 1965, John Young & Virgil Grissom wore an Omega Speedmaster during the Gemini III mission to test the new capsule...
Wait a second... was naval aviator & Gemini III pilot Young wearing a couple of Omega Speedmaster chronographs ?
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