The Ref. BA 145.022 was given to the first man on the moon at a gala dinner in Houston’s Warwick Hotel on November 25, 1969, mere months after Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface.

Our review of this rare piece continues after the jump. Beyond its use as mandatory equipment in the Apollo program, the Speedmaster Professional made for an apt companion for other adventurous men in ...

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 Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch has received arguably the most dramatic update since the 1960s with the addition of the Caliber 3861 Master Chronometer movement. The new movement for the ...

On March 1, 1965, the Omega Speedmaster was officially qualified by NASA for manned space missions. To mark this 60th anniversary, last month the watchmaker hosted journalists from across the world at ...

When it comes to Omega Speedmasters, none are more iconic than the “Moonwatch” that walked on the lunar surface in 1969. But Omega has more than a stroll across the moon on its astral-themed résumé.

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 ...

There was never any chance that Omega was going to underplay the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, when its Speedmaster Professional chronograph accompanied the Apollo 11 astronauts to the ...

This watch will make an astronomical addition to your collection. Neil Armstrong’s 1969 Omega Speedmaster Professional is hitting the auction block next month via RR Auction, with an out-of-this-world ...