Omega is known for making the first watches worn on the moon and now, the Swiss watchmaker is relaunching the timepiece that kickstarted their association with space exploration. Known as ‘The First O...
10.08.2024 Channelnewsasia.comOMEGA has brought back one of its most sought-after and emblematic time-tellers, the Speedmaster FOiS (First OMEGA in Space), a model with a history that goes way back to the late ’50s but was eventua...
10.04.2024 Hypebeast.comSwiss luxury watchmaker OMEGA reissues the iconic reference CK 2998 (known as ‘The First OMEGA in Space’), enhanced with a modern Co-Axial Master Chronometer movement. The OMEGA Reference CK 2998 was ...
10.04.2024 Timeandwatches.com and 1 sites551 B. C: Birth of Chinese philosopher Confucius (d. 479 B. C. ). 480 B. C. At the Battle of Salamis , a fleet of about 360 Greek triremes destroys the hitherto unstoppable Xerxes and his invading Per...
10.06.2024 Capecharlesmirror.comcollectSPACE. com Sixty-two years ago on Thursday (Oct. 3), Wally Schirra lifted off on his Mercury mission wearing his personal wristwatch, a newly-released 2nd-generation Omega Speedmaster. Though he could not know it at the time, his choice led to six-decade-long legacy of Omega watches flying in Earth orbit and beyond. Now, a new “The First Omega in Space” Speedmaster honors that history by combining heritage details with a modern calibre. collectSPACE features daily entries about space expl...
10.03.2024 Beforeitsnews.comThe story of the Omega Speedmaster and its link to space exploration is widely known. Familiarly referred to as the Moonwatch, the Speedmaster was officially selected by NASA in 1964 for manned space ...
10.08.2024 Blackbird-autojournal.comEver wonder how the Omega Speedmaster became such a big deal? Naturally, it all started because NASA was looking for a watch to send to the moon. The year was 1964, the height of the Space Race. The s...
10.03.2024 Gq-magazine.co.ukOmega has just launched a new iteration of one of its most iconic timepieces, the Speedmaster ‘The First Omega in Space, ’ and it’s a masterpiece of vintage design with modern technical innovation. Th...
10.03.2024 Stuff.tvAh, finally, a Speedmaster that isn’t a MoonSwatch! The story behind the Omega Speedmaster Anniversary Series First Omega in Space watch is a cool one not because it was a NASA-certified instrument, b...
10.03.2024 Ablogtowatch.comWithout a doubt one of the most iconic chronographs ever done by the Swiss watchmaking industry, the Omega Speedmaster was born in 1957 (as part of a trilogy of Master watches ). It, however, mostly gained its credentials in 1969, when the watch land...
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