Another interesting
#Speedytuesday article.
One remark, NASA history points out that testing the chronographs was completed by the end of February 1965 as John Young started training with an Omega Speedmaster on February 26, 1965. During March 1 & 2, NASA office of Manned Space Flight held a manned spaceflight design certification review for all flight hardware in Washington D.C. and the Omega Speedmaster was aceepted as GFE Government Furnished Equipment.
The date mentioned in the article, March 23, 1965 was the Gemini III spaceflight mission during which Virgil Grissom and John Young both wore an Omega Speedmaster 105.003-63 chronograph and a battery-powered tuning fork movement Accutron Astronaut GMT pilot watch.
Remember Omega only delivered the very first batch of Omega Speedmaster chronographs on April 23, 1965 so the watches worn during Gemini III must have been from the trio delivered to be tested by the end of October 1964.
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@bsowers34
Indeed, it looks like all commemorative "Speedmaster stuff" has been completely transferred to moon
Swatch... just now in the year we'll celebrate half-a-century "ASTP Apollo-Soyuz Test Project" a mission during which 11 Speedmaster chronographs were worn.
March 1, 2025 Bienne : A daring display with a wink to the Longines-Wittnauer and Rolex 6238 that didn't pass the test
(Photo: MoonwatchUniverse)
