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Originally Posted by krynski
I Realize omego is a sponsor of nasa (and Bulova has also been used), but did they have to put that goofy inscription on the bacK? sure, its informational and cool, but a little goofy.
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I don't mind it, being the first watch on the moon is part of the lure of the Speedmaster, and for Omega a pretty big part of it's marketing. It's actually incorrect though to say that it's the
only watch on the moon, since on one of the moon missions, one of the astronauts used his backup Waltham.
Btw, Omega wasn't a sponsor of Nasa when they were selected to be the moon watch. Fairly far into the program, Nasa realized they didn't have a watch to go to the moon with, so they sent some guys to a local store in Houston, purchased a few chronographs including Rolex and Longines) and tested them out. The only one that passed their tests without major issues was the Speedmaster. Omega didn't even know about this till they saw photos of austronauts wearing the watch!