Just have this baby coming:
1970/ 1971 Speedy Pro 145.022 69 first gen moonwatch. It's basically my birthyear Speedy.

Post-Moon Professional Speedmasters (1st Generation): Shortly after the successful landing by Apollo astronauts on the moon Omega moved to commemorate the event by means of a specially engraved caseback... The exact begining and ending date of this caseback is not well known, but usage started shortly after the Apollo 11 landing timeframe and lasted until mid 1971 when the modern caseback was adopted. This is the caseback found on ST145.022's dating from after the first lunar landing to some point in 1971

Thanks Ash





Now the big question......NATO or Leather strap?
I put Hirsch Liberty Mid brown there, but I feel the color should be darker. What do you think?

 

I'm allergic to NATO and ZULU straps so leather is my choice.

Besides, why take a chance on ruining the caseback with an abrasive material?

 

OK thanks, leather strap then.
I think it is not only caseback will get ruining........my wrist skin will suffer too.

 

well done, it's in nice condition, where'd you pick it up from?

 

Forum sales here........Ash

 

Thanks Lou...... could you direct me to online shop that sell this Horween leather based watch strap? Try to Google with no luck........

Yap, your Hadley Roma brown will be my benchmark for my purchase..........

 

Here are a couple of my watch on a NASA Velcro. The way I cinch the top springbar mean the caseback is kept clear of the watchband.

 

Clever way to use NATO strap.

 

I'm afraid I can't take the creadit for threading it like that. But it really works very well!



AST-08-499 (15-24 July 1975) --- Astronaut Vance D. Brand, command module pilot of the American ASTP crew, is seen at the controls of the Apollo Command Module during the joint U.S.-USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking mission in Earth orbit.

Lucky guy is wearing two Speedmasters (oh, and he's flying an Apollo spacecraft).

 

I might be able to wear 2 speedmasters now, but instead of praising me.......people will begin question my sanity .........

 

Btw cool picture of the Astronaut.

 

i might have to get me one! did we say someone around here was selling them?

 

Kizzi do creative work on his own which make it much better than the standard Omega velcro strap from Jurgen.

 

but sorta ruins the main point of wearing a nato... -that the watch is still attached to your wrist if one pin fails? (at least for me...)

 

It may be a theoretical possibility, but I've never heard of a pin failing. If it happened at all, something must catch the watch, and I think drag you under the wheels or into machinery - so I guess it's a safety feature!!

 

George / Kringkily specializes in Speedmasters.

 

horween leather strap on my speedy is a wonderful combo!