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Jones in LA
··Not in LA anymore.which was the Speedy reference? love this picture
If I'm wrong, someone please correct me, but I believe that's a 105.012-65 and a JB Champion bracelet.
Hidden gems from the NASA photo archive
If I'm wrong, someone please correct me, but I believe that's a 105.012-65 and a JB Champion bracelet.
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Omegafanman
·beautiful video full of contents, never saw before that White was dressing 4 watches!
Glad you enjoyed it. I am taking some time out for the forum (well I still pop on a bit) to catch up on some projects... and maybe work on more videos. I need to improve my production, but it is a lot easier when I have help and material from moonwatchuniverse as I did for this one (thanks again @SpeedyPhill )
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·Well the " 50th anniversaries " of Apollo lunar landing missions come to their end... not before we post the best Speedmaster images 😉
50 years ago… Final Apollo 17 training
1972, November 10, Apollo 17 astronauts at the preflight press briefing, naming the Command Module “America“ and the Lunar Lander “Challenger“. As always, Eugene Cernan wore his NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster 105.003 on a steel mesh bracelet at his inner lefthand wrist. Cernan wore this Speedmaster on Gemini IX and Apollo 10 and considered it a lucky charm. During the mission he wore it underneath the space suit, with an Omega Speedmaster 105.012 strapped over the space suit during 22 hours lunar EVA spacewalks, collecting 111 kilograms Moonrocks.
Geologist Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt also wore his NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster 105.012-66 chronograph.
CMP Ron Evans would remain onboard “America” but asked both Moonwalkers to take his personal Rolex GMT-master 1675 down to the lunar surface in a PPK onboard “Challenger” during their 75 hours stay on the lunar surface.
The Apollo 17 mission logo was designed by Robert McCall, showing the Greek Sun god Apollo looking toward the planet Saturn and the Galaxy, implying that man’s goals in space will someday include the planets and eventually the stars.
A week earlier, Eugene Cernan had been wearing his Gold “Apollo 11 tribute” Speedmaster n°18 during training, even while piloting the Lunar Lander Research Vehicle nicknamed “the flying bedstead”! (Photos: NASA)
#MoonwatchUniverse #NASA #speedytuesday
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50 years ago… Final Apollo 17 training
1972, November 10, Apollo 17 astronauts at the preflight press briefing, naming the Command Module “America“ and the Lunar Lander “Challenger“. As always, Eugene Cernan wore his NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster 105.003 on a steel mesh bracelet at his inner lefthand wrist. Cernan wore this Speedmaster on Gemini IX and Apollo 10 and considered it a lucky charm. During the mission he wore it underneath the space suit, with an Omega Speedmaster 105.012 strapped over the space suit during 22 hours lunar EVA spacewalks, collecting 111 kilograms Moonrocks.
Geologist Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt also wore his NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster 105.012-66 chronograph.
CMP Ron Evans would remain onboard “America” but asked both Moonwalkers to take his personal Rolex GMT-master 1675 down to the lunar surface in a PPK onboard “Challenger” during their 75 hours stay on the lunar surface.
The Apollo 17 mission logo was designed by Robert McCall, showing the Greek Sun god Apollo looking toward the planet Saturn and the Galaxy, implying that man’s goals in space will someday include the planets and eventually the stars.
A week earlier, Eugene Cernan had been wearing his Gold “Apollo 11 tribute” Speedmaster n°18 during training, even while piloting the Lunar Lander Research Vehicle nicknamed “the flying bedstead”! (Photos: NASA)
#MoonwatchUniverse #NASA #speedytuesday
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SpeedyPhill
·40 years ago... November 11, 1982
Space shuttle mission STS-5 crew onboard orbiter Columbia were the first astronauts to wear the Seiko A829 Alarm Chronographs in space ! (Photos: NASA) #MoonwatchUniverse #NASA #seiko #swfg
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Space shuttle mission STS-5 crew onboard orbiter Columbia were the first astronauts to wear the Seiko A829 Alarm Chronographs in space ! (Photos: NASA) #MoonwatchUniverse #NASA #seiko #swfg
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·1971, November 26 :
ABC science journalist Jules Bergman, wearing his Omega Speedmaster chronograph, demonstrates Apollo 15 Lunar Module "Falcon" landing on the lunar surface during a TV documentary.
(Photo: ABC Archives)
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ABC science journalist Jules Bergman, wearing his Omega Speedmaster chronograph, demonstrates Apollo 15 Lunar Module "Falcon" landing on the lunar surface during a TV documentary.
(Photo: ABC Archives)
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Vol375
·Anyone interested in the Apollo missions should consider the new book “Apollo Remastered” by Andy Saunders. It is amazing and well worth the $75 I paid from Amazon. There are obviously some watches in the remastered photos.
https://www.apolloremastered.com/
https://www.apolloremastered.com/
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SpeedyPhill
·A great & interesting photo book, but all these are well-known photos... at least for spaceflight buffs
At " MoonwatchUniverse ", I focus on old photos I received directly from NASA in the early 1970s & 1980s, most rarely seen !
Example:
March 3, 1965 John Young at the weight & balance test, just after the 3 remaining NASA-tested Speedmaster 105.003-63 chronograph were given out to astronauts Young, Grissom and Stafford.
Schirra & Stafford were backup for Gemini III, but Schirra already owned & used his personal Speedmaster CK2998-4 chronograph !
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At " MoonwatchUniverse ", I focus on old photos I received directly from NASA in the early 1970s & 1980s, most rarely seen !
Example:
March 3, 1965 John Young at the weight & balance test, just after the 3 remaining NASA-tested Speedmaster 105.003-63 chronograph were given out to astronauts Young, Grissom and Stafford.
Schirra & Stafford were backup for Gemini III, but Schirra already owned & used his personal Speedmaster CK2998-4 chronograph !
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·December 4, 1972...
Apollo 17 astronauts review food packages & items they will take along on their upcoming launch to the Moon. They are, left-to-right, LMP geologist Harrison Schmitt, CMP Ronald Evans and commander Eugene Cernan. On the right, support astronaut Robert Overmyer.
Ron Evans: " Just checking if my Rolex GMT-master got into the PPK so You guys can take it down to the lunar surface ! "
(Photo: NASA)
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Apollo 17 astronauts review food packages & items they will take along on their upcoming launch to the Moon. They are, left-to-right, LMP geologist Harrison Schmitt, CMP Ronald Evans and commander Eugene Cernan. On the right, support astronaut Robert Overmyer.
Ron Evans: " Just checking if my Rolex GMT-master got into the PPK so You guys can take it down to the lunar surface ! "
(Photo: NASA)
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SpeedyPhill
·50 years ago... Apollo 17 underway
December 6, 1972, the Apollo 17 astronauts saying goodbye to family members during walkout to the astrovan, Commander Eugene Cernan, CMP Ronald Evans and LMP geologist Harrison Schmitt. Note Cernan's Speedmaster had the chronograph hand running.
Moonwalker Cernan wore two NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster chronographs (his lucky charm n° 28 = 105.003 and n° 67 = 105.012-66) and Moonwalker geologist Harrison Schmitt wore his NASA-issued Speedmaster n° 65 = 105.012-66 CB-cased chronograph.
Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans wore NASA-issued Speedmaster n° 61 but also a personal Omega Speedmaster with printed logo, so a 145.022 version. Evans also worked with the Heat Flow Experiment onboard Command Module “America”, an experiment equipped with a bezelless Speedmaster 145.022-69.
Moreover, in his PPK- Personal Preference Kit, Ronald Evans carried a Rolex GMT-master 1675 “Pepsi” pilot watch which was carried onboard Lunar Lander “Challenger” to the Lunar surface.
The Apollo 17 Moonwalkers stayed 75 hours on the Moon, during which they conducted 22 hours lunar EVAs, collecting 111 kilograms of Moon rocks & samples.
(Photos: NASA)
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December 6, 1972, the Apollo 17 astronauts saying goodbye to family members during walkout to the astrovan, Commander Eugene Cernan, CMP Ronald Evans and LMP geologist Harrison Schmitt. Note Cernan's Speedmaster had the chronograph hand running.
Moonwalker Cernan wore two NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster chronographs (his lucky charm n° 28 = 105.003 and n° 67 = 105.012-66) and Moonwalker geologist Harrison Schmitt wore his NASA-issued Speedmaster n° 65 = 105.012-66 CB-cased chronograph.
Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans wore NASA-issued Speedmaster n° 61 but also a personal Omega Speedmaster with printed logo, so a 145.022 version. Evans also worked with the Heat Flow Experiment onboard Command Module “America”, an experiment equipped with a bezelless Speedmaster 145.022-69.
Moreover, in his PPK- Personal Preference Kit, Ronald Evans carried a Rolex GMT-master 1675 “Pepsi” pilot watch which was carried onboard Lunar Lander “Challenger” to the Lunar surface.
The Apollo 17 Moonwalkers stayed 75 hours on the Moon, during which they conducted 22 hours lunar EVAs, collecting 111 kilograms of Moon rocks & samples.
(Photos: NASA)
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SpeedyPhill
·50th Apollo lunar mission anniversaries came to an end... as do my little contributions to this topic... might post a Skylab image next year
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Omegafanman
·Slightly off topic but with Mars in opposition - at its nearest and occulted by the moon, There has been some great shots. Looking forward there might be some new amazing photos to add to the archive one day as humans head out into space again.
First photo is by Cory Poole and he is happy for people to use it as a background. The second photo is by Andrew McCarthy. Both a lot better than the old effort I use for an avatar.
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First photo is by Cory Poole and he is happy for people to use it as a background. The second photo is by Andrew McCarthy. Both a lot better than the old effort I use for an avatar.
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Omegafanman
·Slightly off topic but with Mars in opposition - at its nearest and occulted by the moon, There has been some great shots. Looking forward there might be some new amazing photos to add to the archive one day as humans head out into space again.
First photo is by Cory Poole and he is happy for people to use it as a background. The second photo is by Andrew McCarthy. Both a lot better than the old effort I use for an avatar.
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I thought those shots were good but Tom of
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Meanwhile on instagram
At least this time Omega got the right astronaut in their December 2022 campaign, as this rectangular photo-selection came out of a May 1966 Gemini IX training photo showing Eugene Cernan onboard a KC135 cargo aircraft.
(Remember in the past we have seen Gemini XII EVA photos presented as Gemini IV EVA photos)
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·Last Man... 75 hours on the Moon
50 years ago, the 12 days 13 hours long Apollo 17 mission was the very last Apollo lunar landing mission... but wrist watch-wise interesting to the very end !
Splash-down & recovery for Apollo 17 astronauts, CMP Ronald Evans, Commander Eugene Cernan and LMP/Geologist Harrison Schmitt, safely on deck of recovery ship USS Ticonderoga.
Note how the astronauts were still wearing their NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster chronograph on long black velcro but as soon as Cernan sat down at the dinner table onboard Ticonderoga’s Officers’ dining room, he swapped his NASA n° 67 Speedmaster 105.012-66 chronograph on black velcro for his “lucky charm” NASA-issued n° 28 Speedmaster 105.003 on Jacoby Bender steel mesh bracelet as he had worn the latter on Gemini IX and Apollo 10.
(Photos: US Navy/NASA)
Larger versions at #MoonwatchUniverse #speedytuesday
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50 years ago, the 12 days 13 hours long Apollo 17 mission was the very last Apollo lunar landing mission... but wrist watch-wise interesting to the very end !
Splash-down & recovery for Apollo 17 astronauts, CMP Ronald Evans, Commander Eugene Cernan and LMP/Geologist Harrison Schmitt, safely on deck of recovery ship USS Ticonderoga.
Note how the astronauts were still wearing their NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster chronograph on long black velcro but as soon as Cernan sat down at the dinner table onboard Ticonderoga’s Officers’ dining room, he swapped his NASA n° 67 Speedmaster 105.012-66 chronograph on black velcro for his “lucky charm” NASA-issued n° 28 Speedmaster 105.003 on Jacoby Bender steel mesh bracelet as he had worn the latter on Gemini IX and Apollo 10.
(Photos: US Navy/NASA)
Larger versions at #MoonwatchUniverse #speedytuesday
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Omegafanman
·Last Man... 75 hours on the Moon
50 years ago, the 12 days 13 hours long Apollo 17 mission was the very last Apollo lunar landing mission... but wrist watch-wise interesting to the very end !
Splash-down & recovery for Apollo 17 astronauts, CMP Ronald Evans, Commander Eugene Cernan and LMP/Geologist Harrison Schmitt, safely on deck of recovery ship USS Ticonderoga.
Note how the astronauts were still wearing their NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster chronograph on long black velcro but as soon as Cernan sat down at the dinner table onboard Ticonderoga’s Officers’ dining room, he swapped his NASA n° 67 Speedmaster 105.012-66 chronograph on black velcro for his “lucky charm” NASA-issued n° 28 Speedmaster 105.003 on Jacoby Bender steel mesh bracelet as he had worn the latter on Gemini IX and Apollo 10.
(Photos: US Navy/NASA)
Larger versions at #MoonwatchUniverse #speedytuesday
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Probably one of the more important, genuine and poignant Speedmaster Apollo watch stories.
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·Probably one of the more important, genuine and poignant Speedmaster Apollo watch stories.
Indeed, wrist watch-wise Apollo 17 was very interesting...
1972 Apollo 17
Eugene Cernan L= Speedmaster 105.012-66 (+ L underneath spacesuit Speedmaster 105.003 on JB Champion )
Harrison Schmitt L= Speedmaster 105.012-66
Ron Evans L= Speedmaster 105.012-66 (+ L underneath spacesuit personal Speedmaster 145.022 ) ( PPK contained Rolex GMT-master Pepsi 1675 carried to the Moon )
Evans also worked with the bezelless Speedmaster 145.022-69 on the Heat Flow Experiment onboard the CSM "America"
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·Recent stories about the golf shot got dad to pull out an old photo of Al -
(Photo credit: Pat Patnevsky)
Dad: "Shepard had grown weary of signing stuff and usually refused signature requests. I knew Pat, who was the official photographer at JSC for many years, and he steered me to this photo. And, sure enough, Alan had not seen it and signed it for me on the way to his car outside of Bldg 2." [Knowing Dad's career at NASA, assuming this wasn't a chance encounter outside of B2, then it would likely have been very shortly before Al's death in '98]
I've no idea what's on his left wrist, though it looks more like a GoPro than a watch.
(Photo credit: Pat Patnevsky)
Dad: "Shepard had grown weary of signing stuff and usually refused signature requests. I knew Pat, who was the official photographer at JSC for many years, and he steered me to this photo. And, sure enough, Alan had not seen it and signed it for me on the way to his car outside of Bldg 2." [Knowing Dad's career at NASA, assuming this wasn't a chance encounter outside of B2, then it would likely have been very shortly before Al's death in '98]
I've no idea what's on his left wrist, though it looks more like a GoPro than a watch.
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·On his left forearm we can see the white pressure valve of the suit and at his wrist, that was the lefthand battery pocket, which held a small AA batteries in order to power the tiny light bulbs situated at the middle fingertips of the gloves.
Astronauts could put the lights on for better visibility in the capsule, especiall when they were orbiting nght side of Earth !
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Astronauts could put the lights on for better visibility in the capsule, especiall when they were orbiting nght side of Earth !
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Anthony Lane
·Here’s a nice photo of astronaut Thomas Stafford sporting twin Speedies (I think) with cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov. I wonder what’s his wrist.
From my copy of The Pictorial History of NASA by Bill Yenne
From my copy of The Pictorial History of NASA by Bill Yenne
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·Here’s John Young (left) and Michael Collins after returning from their Gemini 10 docking and EVA mission in 1966.
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