Omega watches... the other " Hans "

Omega watches... the other " Hans "
Most of us wrist watch lovers, fans & aficionados surely know the name of Rolex founder " Hans " Wilsdorf (1881-1960) but what about the other " Hans " at Omega SA ?
Hans Widmer was technical director of Omega and he played an important role in getting the Omega wristwatches behind the Iron Curtain and into the Soviet Russian spaceflight programme.
Of course most of us know him from the famous October 5, 1970 NASA photos showing astronaut Thomas Stafford awarding Hans Widmer a Silver Snoopy pin for the role the Omega Speedmaster chronograph had in space travel and primarily for the role it took on the Apollo 13 mission!
(Photos: NASA)
MoonwatchUniverse's upcoming article ... 📖
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Looking forward to the article. Its always neat to see these older photographs, especially when they relate to a hobby we all love so much.

Well it looks like Omega SA has direction/steering participation in LIFETIME but the magazine is published by an independant partner 📖
So the text was entered to be checked & published in an English & French language magazine #MoonwatchUniverse

While we work on a series of articles on wristwatches worn during the Gemini era: Of Time and Space series
MoonwatchUniverse articles thus far include:

Time to Fly : Accutron and the dawn of the Space Age

Of Time and Space : part 1 Accutron Astronaut

Speedmaster for Space : 55 years First Omega In Space

Omega watches : the other “Hans W.” Hans Widmer

Time Peace : How Omega Watches got into the Soviet-Russian Space Programme

To Russia With Love : Omega Alaska II Project Speedmaster

Shake, Rattle and Rolex : 50 years Rolex in Space

Marking Time For Cosmonauts : 25 years Fortis in Russian Space Programme
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Edit: free MONDANI magazine summer 2022 = " 25 years Omega Speedmaster X-33 "