This gold Speedmaster might not have truly gone to the moon, but it surely celebrates most of the individuals who made the lunar touchdown doable. It was first introduced November 25, 1969, at a banquet in Houston, Texas, to honor NASA astronauts. Watches 1 and a pair of have been devoted to then-U.S. president Richard Nixon and his vice chairman Spiro T. Agnew, although each politicians politely declined the presents resulting from guidelines stopping public servants from accepting extremely invaluable objects – you possibly can see Nixon’s in Stephen’s put up from final month right here. Watches three via 28 have been introduced to astronauts on the aforementioned banquet. In all, 1,014 have been made between 1969 and 1973.
There’s something fascinating to me about taking a watch used to carry out a mission or a selected activity and reinterpreting it in a cloth – yellow gold – that conveys unambiguous luxurious. Just like the gold Heuer Carreras given by Jack Heuer to members of the automotive neighborhood, these gold Speedys have been made for an elite class of execs to rejoice their extraordinary achievements.
I feel gold Speedmaster seems to be implausible, and completely totally different out of your commonplace steel-cased Speedy. It’s an important factor that Omega acknowledged this watch with an homage earlier this yr. And although the unique didn’t use a 321, right here’s hoping for a 321-powered Speedmaster throughout this anniversary yr, in gold or in any other case.
