The perfect watch doesn’t exist, but I feel the OMEGA Speedmaster Professional does make a strong argument for one. It’s the first watch on the moon, looks great, has a robust movement, and helped ...

In the late fifties, Omega didn’t build the Speedmaster with space on its mind. Instead, with a far more terrestrial orientation, and as the name suggests, it was designed as a chronograph with a ...

In 1962, Walter Schirra was the first astronaut to wear an Omega chronograph watch in space during the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission. The company’s watches were also worn during the first spacewalks, but ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The world was a very different place in 1957. Flush with post-War affluence and influence, the United States vied with Russia for ...

The world was a very different place in 1957. Flush with post-War affluence and influence, the United States vied with Russia for dominance in the Space Race. The scientific community celebrated ...