Omega Speedmaster Professional Archived Ian Mikardo piped up from

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distinctive case completely different from the iconic Gerald Genta design of the Ingenieur

The brand had all but abandoned complicated wristwatches after the failure of its previous triple calendar moon-phase watches

and set its sights on building watches that could be worn in any environment

in the earlier part of the 5513's run

Omega Speedmaster Professional Archived Ian Mikardo piped up fromIn horology there are certain indelible associations. Perhaps the most enduring and the most iconic is the association with NASA and the Omega Speedmaster. The Speedmaster has set benchmarks that, in our opinion, are hard to surpass: the first watch to be flight qualified by NASA for manned space missions, the first watch to be worn by an American astronaut during a space walk, the first watch to be worn on the moon. Despite this extraterrestrial