As was posted on another watch site:
He was a hero for all mankind.
But to watch-nerds, he was even more. You see, there has been no more storied use of a mechanical wristwatch than that of the Apollo astronauts. The folk-lore around Omega's Speedmaster is built entirely around the fact that it was the watch chosen above five others (including those from Rolex, Heuer, and others) to become the official watch of NASA, and thus, the first watch on the moon.
What most people don't know is that while Armstrong was certainly the first man on the moon, his watch was not the first watch. In fact Armstrong left his Speedmaster aboard the lunar module because the mission timer had failed. So, it was actually his colleague Buzz Aldrin's Omega that first made an appearance on the moon.
Heaven......Neil Armstrong has landed.
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