TESTING THE SPEEDMASTER
The tests that NASA performed on the chronographs that were submitted to the agency in 1964 were designed to destroy the watches. In the end, only one watch survived: the Speedmaster.
The OMEGA Speedmaster has been the choice of astronauts and space agencies for more than half a century. In fact, it has been associated with some of humankind's greatest extra-terrestrial adventures and has been one of the most famous chronographs in the world ever since it became the first watch worn on the Moon in July of 1969.
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The tests that NASA performed on the chronographs that were submitted to the agency in 1964 were designed to destroy the watches. In the end, only one watch survived: the Speedmaster.
In 1970, OMEGA received the prestigious “Silver Snoopy Award” from the astronauts at NASA. The prize recognized OMEGA’s unique contributions to space exploration, as well as the Speedmaster’s role in saving Apollo 13.