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Speedy Tuesday - Ken Mattingly’s Omega Speedmaster

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It’s Speedy Tuesday! As you might have seen in our Speedy Tuesday Event report, Omega brought the original gold commemorative Speedmaster Professional BA 145.022 with them that belonged to astronaut Thomas Kenneth “Ken” Mattingly II. This Tuesday we discuss his gold Speedy that he - and other astronauts - received as a gift from Omega. Only 1014 of these Speedmasters have been made and even fewer were - of course - particularly for astronauts and other VIPs and have a slightly different engraving then the public models. Thomas Kenneth “Ken” Mattingly Ken Mattingly worked for NASA from 1966 to 1985 […]
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dsio
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This piece was beautiful, I saw it on the table and admired the condition but I didn't realise at the time that it was Ken Mattingly's!
 
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Can anyone tell me what the difference between 'Thomas Kenneth “Ken” Mattingly II' and 'Thomas Kenneth “Ken” Mattingly Jr.' would be? Do you only use the 'II' if you're important high society and the 'Jr.' if you're a regular schmuck?
 
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Can anyone tell me what the difference between 'Thomas Kenneth “Ken” Mattingly II' and 'Thomas Kenneth “Ken” Mattingly Jr.' would be? Do you only use the 'II' if you're important high society and the 'Jr.' if you're a regular schmuck?
II is the son of Jr. III or the third is the next generation.
 
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This is my grail. Well not the astronaut thing, I couldn't afford that. But the more affordable (but still expensive) and available BA 145.022.
 
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This is my grail. Well not the astronaut thing, I couldn't afford that. But the more affordable (but still expensive) and available BA 145.022.

I need one as well. Just need it. I am 36 and ready to wear full gold stuff anyway.
 
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I need one as well. Just need it. I am 36 and ready to wear full gold stuff anyway.
That's right, soon you'll be forty and have to wear ultra thin dress watches as well. 🙁 Say, anyone got a ultra thin AP?😗
 
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That's right, soon you'll be forty and have to wear ultra thin dress watches as well. 🙁 Say, anyone got a ultra thin AP?😗

… or two?

🙄
 
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While i am not a fan of all gold watches, this i would make an exception too!
 
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That's right, soon you'll be forty and have to wear ultra thin dress watches as well. 🙁 Say, anyone got a ultra thin AP?😗

I trade my AP Royal Oak 15202 for a gold Speedmaster like this in a heart beat.
 
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II is the son of Jr. III or the third is the next generation.

Actually, I thought "II" was optional for "Jr.", or was for someone named after a grandfather (different name than father) who was still alive.
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A very good friend of mine in Missouri is David IV, there is no David 1,2 or 3. His parents just called him "The fourth" because they chose to 😀
 
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A very good friend of mine in Missouri is David IV, there is no David 1,2 or 3. His parents just called him "The fourth" because they chose to 😀


Oh, I thought maybe they wanted him to be in the medical profession.

Get it? IV? 😜
 
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Actually, I thought "II" was optional for "Jr.", or was for someone named after a grandfather (different name than father) who was still alive.
gatorcpa
Should be some kind of wiki entry to straighten this out . I'm certainly not sure.
 
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II is the son of Jr. III or the third is the next generation.
Actually Steve, this is not correct.
The son of Jr. is the III (assuming the same exact name of course)
An example:
If your name is John Henry Doe and you name your son John Henry Doe, you then become Senior (Sr.) and your son Junior (Jr.), not the second (II). If your son John Henry Doe, Jr. names his son (your grandson) the same, his son then becomes 'the third"', i.e. John Henry Doe III. However, if you name your son Richard Henry or John Harold, anything but John Henry Doe, but he still names his son (your grandson) after you, your grandson then becomes John Henry Doe II.

...(what happens if you are Big Doe but only have a little Doe?
...then you can't buy any watches)😀
 
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In Australia we don't use roman numerals, just variations on the name, for example for Thomas:

The first: Tom
The second: Thomas
The third: Tommy
The fourth: Little Tommy
The fifth: Just stop already
 
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The fifth: Just stop already


Tell that to George Forman the ex-heavyweight champion. He has 8 kids all named George.
 
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