On 1 March 1965, the Omega Speedmaster chronograph was approved by NASA for all manned space missions. This is indeed the only wristwatch having passed all its tests drastic exposure to weightlessness, magnetic fields, physical shock, vibration and temperatures between -18 ° C and 93 ° C. That same month, she paid for the first time officially on board the Gemini 3. In April 1970, allows the Omega Speedmaster Apollo 13 mission to prevent a disaster for this, Omega received the Snoopy Award, the highest honor bestowed by NASA astronauts. Another remarkable event, the Speedmaster is the wrist of American astronaut Tom Stafford and the Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov during the historic rendezvous Apollo-Soyuz. It was the first time that the astronauts wore. Since then, the Speedmaster is the official chronograph of all Russian manned space missions. But the most powerful moment in the history of the Speedmaster is undoubtedly 20 July 1969 at 2:56 GMT, when for the first time man walked on the moon. Apollo 11 was a historic turning point, and the Speedmaster became the first watch (and to date the only) worn on the Moon. This unique feat earned him a unique nickname: the watch of the Moon.
