Trip Report: Celebrating The 50th Anniversary Of The Moon Landing With Omega

Omega and NASA have enjoyed a long working relationship dating back to 1965 when NASA Program Manager and Aerospace Engineer James Ragan began his testing of the watches that would eventually go to the moon At Omega's 50th Anniversary event, Ragan was asked "Why the Speedmaster?" to which he replied, "Longines and Rolex failed in the first test - and they were out - so all I had was Omega and I was saying please I gotta have one!" Since then, the Omega Speedmaster and now Speedmaster X-33 'Skywalker' has been "Flight Qualified By NASA For All Manned Space Missions." The crew which Omega and NASA assembled for this 50th Anniversary was something extra special We wouldn't be experiencing this special moment without Omega, and Omega has James Ragan to thank for the priceless privilege of being the only NASA space-qualified watch.

On the occasion of Omega's 50th Anniversary event, the brand released a special YouTube video Finally, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Omega has released the Omega Speedmaster Apollo 11 50th Anniversary in Moonshine Gold Omega has gone a step further by finishing and adding a small piece of a meteorite on the case back ring which looks almost identical to the moon. Source