James Lovell's Gemini 12 Omega Speedmaster at Adler

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James Lovell’s Omega Speedmaster from Gemini 12 is on display at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.

 
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Cool. Has no one reset the chrono since he used it, or is that just someone else randomly using the chrono and not resetting it? Or maybe the chrono reset doesn’t work anymore and they don’t service historical watches like this?
 
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Cool. Has no one reset the chrono since he used it, or is that just someone else randomly using the chrono and not resetting it? Or maybe the chrono reset doesn’t work anymore and they don’t service historical watches like this?
It’s a beautiful watch.

All possible I think. Or maybe a deliberate display choice as to me at least it makes the watch seem more alive.
 
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Holy smokes, that's a nice one. Looks like a 105.003-64 without the bevels.
 
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Timely post illustrating the Fratellowatches article on the NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster.
NASM Washington D.C. often loans out Speedies for exhibitions in other musea, albeit with consequences (read the article).
Again James Lovell's example shows he received his first NASA-issued Speedmaster in 1965 as Gemini VI pilot, wearing one during training and another Speedie for the actual mission.
About Gemini XII, here're two NASA photos, training with a bezelless and the n° 15 worn during the actual days Gemini XII spaceflight mission.
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https://www.fratellowatches.com/heres-what-happened-to-the-nasa-issued-speedmasters/