There are a lot of exaggeration and rhetoric completely subjective when it comes to grading or classification of luxury watches. And often, the language used is so "inside baseball" is almost impossible to understand if someone is praising a guard or simply to practice their French.

So the real story Omega Speedmaster or how to become NASA's space and watch the moon is not only more credible, but much more convincing than the usual ad copy. The Speedmaster has been to every manned space mission from the Faith Mission in September, directed by Gordon Cooper, May 15, 1963. Early sixty several NASA employees anonymously visited a few jewelry stores in Houston, Texas. Chronographs purchased several competitors made by watchmakers and put in the mini-mission to determine the best watches for astronauts to take the harshness of space. In addition, Wally Schirra had already given him during his Omega Speedmaster Mercury flight in October 1962.

Find a clock that works well in space is not an easy task. With a simple twist of the arm, a clock displayed Astronaut the filtered light and temperatures above 100 ° C. And on the surface of the moon itself, conditions are more severe, with temperatures of 160 degrees below zero to 120 ° C above. Ay!

NASA has commissioned two Omega watches and two other five to be tested and evaluated. The watches cost a little more than eight dollars. (Not a bad deal). There was a huge battery of tests that all watches have presented difficulties, but among the most difficult were: Forty-eight hours at temperatures between 160 ° F to 200 ° F. Exposure to low temperatures as 0 ° Fahrenheit. Extreme changes in pressure and humidity. The exposure of one hundred percent oxygen. The Six shocks exposure to G 40. extreme acceleration of one to over seven million dollars in just over five minutes.

Grave decompression. strong vibrations. Exposure to noise at a frequency of 40 to 10,000 Hz after all that Omega was the only watch to get a passing grade on the curve of some end of NASA. Thus, the Omega Speedmaster was the only one that shows the NASA approves all spaceflight. He was officially cited for readability, reliability, ease of use and accuracy. Today Speedmaster Professional in stainless steel with a stainless steel bracelet, crystal Hesalite "and the black disk. The caliber 1861 movement manual wind and is water resistant to a hundred feet.