Under The Radar: The Omega Speedmaster Flight Qualified Pilot’s Watch

[Robert-Jan]

Last month, the Omega Speedmaster Flight Qualified pilot’s watch leaked on social media. Normally, we don’t respond to leaks or rumors, but the number of questions we received about this watch was (and still is) getting out of hand. At least for now, this new Omega Speedmaster pilot’s watch is only available to US military […]

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[Scarecrow Boat]

First hand experience from an owner can be found in this thread 👍 😎 (starting on page 2).

https://omegaforums.net/threads/wth-is-this-speedmaster.175464/

Thread 'WTH is this "Speedmaster"' ·

Someone on a local forum posted this which he saw on Facebook, can't be real or is it? DON bezel, Charles
Laevens with the captain title and callsign gulfstream and the US naval test pilot emblem...

YY77 · Aug 12, 2024

 

[SpeedyPhill]

A very interesting straight lugs Speedmaster pilot watch, certainly looks like some aficionados & connaisseurs had their saying for this one !
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Let's remember that for a certain period Lockheed A-12 CIA-pilots (1963-1968) wore the bespoke David Clarkson S901-E pressure suit which had a special pocket to hold the crownless Accutron Astronaut GMT pilot watch (battery-powered tuning fork mechanism).
(Photo: USAF) #Moonwatchuniverse
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[hen]

SpeedyPhill

A very interesting straight lugs Speedmaster pilot watch, certainly looks like some aficionados & connaisseurs had their saying for this one !
👍
Let's remember that for a certain period Lockheed A-12 CIA-pilots (1963-1968) wore the bespoke David Clarkson S901-E pressure suit which had a special pocket to hold the crownless Accutron Astronaut GMT pilot watch (battery-powered tuning fork mechanism).
(Photo: USAF) #Moonwatchuniverse
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Thanks for posting, this was very interesting. I did not know that the SR-71 Blackbird had a lighter, single seat brother called A-12. The A-12 designation was the internal kode for the twelfth iteration of a design internally called "Archangle".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_A-12

 

[SpeedyPhill]

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/b...cia-for-pilots-of-the-fastest-plane-ever-made
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[spacemission]

I'll give you my opinion when I see it live.

 

[Scarecrow Boat]

spacemission

I'll give you my opinion when I see it live.

Can’t wait

🙄

Edited: Sep 27, 2024

 

[spacemission]

Scarecrow Boat

Can’t wait

Relax.

 

[Scarecrow Boat]

spacemission

Relax.

But how can I knowing such a thrilling review is on the horizon?

😉