In 2009 the world marked 40 years since the lunar landing of the legendary spaceship Apollo-11. And this year the company OMEGA celebrates the 35 th anniversary of the joint space project of American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts - docking of the Soyuz and Apollo, which went down in history as the most important political and technological developments of the twentieth century.

When 17 July 1975 in Hatch docking crew commanders Stafford and Alexei Leonov shook hands, their wrists adorned hours OMEGA Speedmaster. On this day, the era of cooperation, which culminated in the creation of the space station with a permanent presence of the crew on board. Watches Speedmaster remain for hours, which cosmonauts and astronauts use on board the International Space Station.

To commemorate the historic handshake U.S. astronaut Thomas Stafford and the Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, encountered the hatch docking of the Soyuz-Apollo "in 1975, the Company has established Chronograph Omega Speedmaster Professional Apollo-Soyuz 35th Anniversary and launched its limited edition of 1,975 pieces quantity.

Each dial OMEGA Speedmaster Professional Apollo-Soyuz carved from a single piece of a meteorite. This is not just a chip brand, and defines the component: first, can withstand a meteorite entering the atmosphere and strike the earth's surface, ensuring greater durability, secondly - every hour of the series is absolutely unique. For two identical meteorites no!

Specifications hours deserve special attention. OMEGA Speedmaster have a mechanism Omega caliber 1861 and hand-wound chronograph. Cruising 45 hours.

Model Speedmaster has a polished steel case diameter 42 mm, resistant to mechanical damage to the contact sapphire box-like shape with anti-reflective coating on both sides. The body is decorated with polished crown with logo Ω. The dial is made of solid iron meteorite: basic black dial, extra - silver. Watch is water resistant to a depth of 50 m.

On the cover of the case stamped vpayka APOLLO-SOYUZ with the names of the two spacecraft and the names of the astronauts / cosmonauts (in their native languages).

Political history in space

July 17, 1975 American astronaut Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford and the Soviet cosmonaut, Lieutenant-General Aleksei Leonov met the hatch docking station that connects them spaceships. Carpal pioneers of space decorated chronographs OMEGA Speedmaster Professional.

To commemorate the historic handshake

The 35 th anniversary of the historic handshake of two astronauts marked by the creation of the chronograph OMEGA Speedmaster Professional Apollo-Soyuz 35th Anniversary, released a limited series in 1975 the number of pieces.

Meteorite Dial

A clock was made from a meteorite - the material is so strong that he could survive entry into Earth's atmosphere and strike the earth's surface. The unusual structure of the meteorite was formed under high temperatures (at the entrance to the atmosphere) and subsequent cooling.

Each face is cut from a single piece of meteorites - each watch in this series are absolutely unique.

Black meteorite dial - the result of the oxidation of its surface. Against this background, clearly distinguished silver second hand.