A cool site on Omega Speedmasters used on Space missions

[River Rat]

Just found this site.Just about all the manual wind Omega Speedmasters used by NASA are in the Air and Space museum in Washington DC except for three one given to the Family of a Astronaut and two in the Omega Museum.I wonder if the Air and Space Museum has them all on display.
http://www.history.nasa.gov/alsj/omega.html

[snootydog]

Cool site . Conflicting reasons why Armstrong didnt wear his Speedmaster on his Moon walk though. I have read reports saying he left his Speedmaster in the LEM because its crystal had popped off.
I love the Speedmasters "space" history. Still the only watch "Flight-qualified by NASA"

[moishlashen]

Thanks Mike-very cool stuff. Never get tired of it.

[tmw]

great article.

why it is one of the most historic, classic and functional watches around.

A must for an omega fan.

[R@cerx]

Cool site . Conflicting reasons why Armstrong didnt wear his Speedmaster on his Moon walk though. I have read reports saying he left his Speedmaster in the LEM because its crystal had popped off.
I love the Speedmasters "space" history. Still the only watch "Flight-qualified by NASA"

From everything I've read, Armstrong left his Speedmaster in the LEM because the clocks therein had malfunctioned. That left Collins with redundancy.

[rockmastermike]

speedy pro is my 2011 goal...absolutely love this kind of reading, thanks for posting it.

[moishlashen]

Cool site . Conflicting reasons why Armstrong didnt wear his Speedmaster on his Moon walk though. I have read reports saying he left his Speedmaster in the LEM because its crystal had popped off.
I love the Speedmasters "space" history. Still the only watch "Flight-qualified by NASA"

From everything I've read, Armstrong left his Speedmaster in the LEM because the clocks therein had malfunctioned. That left Collins with redundancy.

Thats what I've read too.

[DMB]

Cool site . Conflicting reasons why Armstrong didnt wear his Speedmaster on his Moon walk though. I have read reports saying he left his Speedmaster in the LEM because its crystal had popped off.
I love the Speedmasters "space" history. Still the only watch "Flight-qualified by NASA"

From everything I've read, Armstrong left his Speedmaster in the LEM because the clocks therein had malfunctioned. That left Collins with redundancy.

Thats what I've read too.

I heard it was because his Rolex GMT looked better with the spacesuit. That and he wanted to make sure if there was any female alien life on the moon, he could impress them with a Roller.

[R@cerx]

Cool site . Conflicting reasons why Armstrong didnt wear his Speedmaster on his Moon walk though. I have read reports saying he left his Speedmaster in the LEM because its crystal had popped off.
I love the Speedmasters "space" history. Still the only watch "Flight-qualified by NASA"

From everything I've read, Armstrong left his Speedmaster in the LEM because the clocks therein had malfunctioned. That left Collins with redundancy.

Thats what I've read too.

I heard it was because his Rolex GMT looked better with the spacesuit. That and he wanted to make sure if there was any female alien life on the moon, he could impress them with a Roller.

I'm wasting my 1000th post @ DWC to add "WTF" to this thread.

[River Rat]

I also caught that when I read that at this link about Collins leaving his omega in the LEM.First I ever heard that story.