The final elusive piece of the Speedmaster/JB Champion combination has arrived...

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JMH76

·Feb 25, 2018

December calendar mounted on my JBChampion

Apollo 8 orbits the moon on Christmas Eve and we get the first look at just how small and fragile is lifeboat Earth from 256,000 miles away.

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Feb 27, 2018

About on time to celebrate 50 years Apollo 8
December 2018 is going to be an exciting month 👍

 

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gdupree

·Mar 6, 2018

My JB Champion with my Sept ‘71 on it. Shame that my wrist is too small so i have to put the calendar it on the lower part of the bracelet. Still on the lookout for a nice Timely set!

Edited: Mar 21, 2018

 

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Breizhoneg!

·Mar 6, 2018

Whaouuuuw 🙄
So original and back in past. Great! Congrats!

 

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bazderome

·Mar 6, 2018

gdupree

My JB Champion with my Sept ‘71 on it. Shame that my wrist is too small so i have to put the calendar it on the lower part of the bracelet. Still on the lookout for a nice Timely set!

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You can actually remove some length of the bracelet to make it fit better on a small wrist... There is a DIY tutorial on here it takes about 5mins to do, did on mine and now its fitting perfectly with a normal distance between the watch head and the clasp !

 

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bazderome

·Mar 6, 2018

gdupree

My JB Champion with my Sept ‘71 on it. Shame that my wrist is too small so i have to put the calendar it on the lower part of the bracelet. Still on the lookout for a nice Timely set!

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https://omegaforums.net/threads/diy-how-to-shorten-a-jb-champion-mesh-strap-–-nasa-strap.35682/

here is it for you !

 

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TLIGuy

·Mar 30, 2018

Working on an article about the JB Champion bracelet and the calendars and found these old magazine ads that I thought would be a nice addition to the thread.

Remember the good old days when they could be bought for a cool $1.75. I think I might try to order a set.

This first one is earliest ad I can find for a set of 1967 calendars.

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Mar 31, 2018

@TLIGuy
Looking forward to that article... 👍

 

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JMH76

·Mar 31, 2018

Good idea for an article. Maybe you can submit it Fratello for Speedy Tuesday.

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Apr 1, 2018

@JMH76
I would rather see well-researched articles it in a printed magazine... at least a lasting reference 😁

 

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TLIGuy

·Apr 1, 2018

JMH76

Good idea for an article. Maybe you can submit it Fratello for Speedy Tuesday.

Last years Speedy Tuesday article can be found here.

 

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JMH76

·Apr 1, 2018

Forgot about that one. Thanks for sharing with Fratello.

 

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rollee

·Apr 2, 2018

This is wonderful, thanks for bringing it up.
I remember my father used those in the 70s and he checked off dates with a ball point pen, I clearly remember how much I liked twisting the soft tin tabs while I was little.

 

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morningtundra

·Apr 2, 2018

Interesting... it was only a few days ago I came across these contemporary versions

https://www.jacksonofficesupply.com/watchcalendars/default.asp

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TLIGuy

·Apr 7, 2018

When a project calls for the original you have to track down the original.

Just where Google said it would be on page 83, and with a little help from Jeff Bezos from Amazon the November 1967 Boys' Life magazine arrived today just in time to order the new set of 1968 calendars.

The pages have a lovely patina...

 

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warrydog

·Apr 7, 2018

Thanks for a fond memory.. I can remember my dad (who was not an astronaut) wearing those when
I was a kid back in the 60's !

 

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gdupree

·Apr 14, 2018

Can’t pass up a pic when the lighting is just right...

 

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TLIGuy

·Apr 15, 2018

A bit more photographic evidence showing why the 1968 calendars are the coolest.

The backup crew for Apollo 8 with both Armstrong and Aldrin with the calendars. Haise blazes his own path and forgoes the calendars.

@Emeister shared a picture showing Armstrong wearing the calendar a page back but I think this is the first image I have see with Aldrin using them.

 

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tdn-dk

·Apr 15, 2018

Another kind of calendar 😀

 

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Emeister

·Apr 15, 2018

^^^^^^ 👍 I've been looking for one of those Omega calendars for years now. 😎

I've got one of the similar Russian ones.
There's another 1970 one available on a long running eBay listing.

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