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SpeedyPhill ·
60 years ago... March 20, 1965, Gemini III ready...
By the end of February 1965, NASA testing of chronographs was completed and we see the Omega Speedmaster on the wrists of the Gemini III prime & backup crews!As no Omega Speedmaster chronographs were delivered until April 23 of that year, NASA had distributed the Speedmasters used for testing to astronauts Virgil Grissom & John Young, who during the mission, both wore a battery-powered tuning-fork Accutron Astronaut GMT pilot watch and a manual winding 321 Omega Speedmaster 105.003-63 = March 23, 1965.
Backup Walter...
By the end of February 1965, NASA testing of chronographs was completed and we see the Omega Speedmaster on the wrists of the Gemini III prime & backup crews!As no Omega Speedmaster chronographs were delivered until April 23 of that year, NASA had distributed the Speedmasters used for testing to astronauts Virgil Grissom & John Young, who during the mission, both wore a battery-powered tuning-fork Accutron Astronaut GMT pilot watch and a manual winding 321 Omega Speedmaster 105.003-63 = March 23, 1965.
Backup Walter...