HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE AUTHENTIC OMEGA SPEEDMASTER 3510.05 MOON WATCH REDUCED (SOLD)

HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE AUTHENTIC OMEGA SPEEDMASTER 3510.05 CHRONOGRAPH MEN'S WRISTWATCH

SOLID STAINLESS STEEL BLACK TACHYMETER BEZEL

ORIGINAL OMEGA ACRYLIC CRYSTAL NO CRACK OR SCRATCHES (TINY OMEGA LOGO PRINTED AT THE CENTRE OF THE CRYSTAL)

RARE OMEGA AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH CAL. 1140 MOVEMENT

LUMINESCENT SILVER TONE HANDS

BLACK DIAL WITH LUMINOUS STICK WITH 0 -60 MARKERS

THE REAR CASE SCREWS IN PROPERLY AND STATES ORIGINAL SPEEDMASTER CASE S/N 53967982 (CIRCA 1991)

SOLID STEEL CASE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 41mm EXCLUDING THE CROWN AND 44mm LUG TO LUG

HALLMARKED ORIGINAL OMEGA CROWN

RARE AND GENUINE BLACK STINGRAY LEATHER BAND FITS 7.5" WRIST WITH ORIGINAL OMEGA BUCKLE (CHINESE PEOPLE BELIEVED THE STINGRAY SKIN ADA ONG)

DISCONTINUED OMEGA MODEL... RARE!

EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING GOODTIME AND COMPLETE SERVICED ON 20.8.2009

FURTHER DOWN BELOW COST DISCOUNT FOR RM5,100)

SOLD TO BRETT ZACHARY FROM FORT WAYNE, ILLINOIS, USA

Please refer this web for the history of Omega Speedmaster model

THE BRIEF HISTORY OF SPEEDMASTER SPACE PROJECT

When the step-by-step procedures of the PROJECT GEMINI space-walks were first mapped out, NASA realized that they did not have an approved wristwatch for space travel. The normal procedure of soliciting bids for the design, manufacture and testing of special “Space Proof” wristwatches was a time consuming process. To save time, NASA sent two systems engineers into downtown Houston “incognito” to purchase several reputable “off-the-shelf” chronographs to be tested for possible use in space. A manual-winding watch was preferred to an automatic watch, as it was assumed that zero-gravity conditions would render the self-winding mechanism ineffective.

Five different brands of chronographs were purchased and returned to NASA for testing. The Speedmaster passed NASA's numerous tests, which included exposure to extreme temperatures, vacuum, intense humidity, corrosion, shock, acceleration, pressure, vibration and noise, whereas the Rolex, Breitling, Bulova, Longines and Tag Heuer, notably, all failed.

The tests were completed on March 1st, 1965. At the completion of the tests, three of the chronographs from different manufactures were still running, but only the Speedmaster had passed without any of the serious discrepancies encountered with the others. The Omega Speedmaster was adopted by NASA as the “Officially Certified Wristwatch For All Manned Space Missions.” At this point, Omega was completely unaware of these activities.

The Omega Speedmaster was re-certified in 1972 and in September 1978, for the Space Shuttle missions.

Today, all NASA-issued wristwatches are government property and must be turned in once the astronauts return to Earth. Astronauts are permitted to check out the watches before launch and take them home to familiarize themselves with the watch’s operation

• The Omega Speedmaster Professional first flew in space with Wally Schirra aboard Mercury-Atlas 8 (Sigma 7) on October 3rd 1962.
• The first Omega Speedmaster Professionals were issued to the Gemini 3 crew, Grimson and Young. The watch was worn on the outside of the pressure suit with a long black Velcro band.
• On Gemini 4, Edward White left the space capsule with an Omega Speedmaster Professional on his wrist to become the first American to walk in Space.
• The Omega Speedmaster Professional was the first watch to be worn on the Moon with Apollo 11.
• On April 1970, Speedmaster was used to manually time the secondary rocket burns to bring the crippled Apollo 13 spacecraft back to Earth.