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March 18, 1965 First “NASA-issued” Speedmasters in use 57 years ago, a 34 year old astronaut John Young was photographed winding his NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster chronograph during GT-3 training. More than probably an Omega Speedmaster 105.003-63 from the quadruple Omega chronographs lot delivered for NASA testing by James Ragan as the first official batch of Speedies was delivered to NASA on April 23, 1965. Gemini III was launched March 23, 1965 and lasted 4 hours 52 minutes. Both Young & Grissom wore an Omega Speedmaster chronograph and an Accutron Astronaut microsonic tuning fork GMT pilot wristwatch. Astronaut John Young went on to become the first person to fly solo around the Moon during Apollo 10 in 1969 before setting foot on the Moon during Apollo 16 in 1972. Young also commanded the very first space shuttle mission in April 1981! (Photo: NASA)

March 23, 1965, 14:24:00 UTC Gemini III launch day In the White Room atop Pad 19, John Young and Gus Grissom prepare to enter the Gemini Spacecraft. Backup pilot astronaut Thomas Stafford, along with half a dozen spacecraft engineers and technicians look on. Note both Young and Grissom wore an Omega Speedmaster 105.003-63 chronograph and an Accutron Astronaut GMT tuning fork pilot watch for their 5 hours long spaceflight mission. Thomas Stafford clearly wore an Omega Speedmaster chronograph at his left hand wrist, probably the third of the 4 Speedmaster 105.003-63 chronographs delivered to NASA for testing purposes. The first batch of Omega Speedmaster 105.003 chronographs was officially delivered to NASA on April 23, 1965. The Speedmaster NASA tests were performed by engineer James Ragan and the “Speedy” was announced in June 1965 as flight-qualified for all NASA manned space missions. Between April 1965 and May 1968, Omega delivered 97 Speedmaster chronographs to NASA. At least 20 were 105.003 versions! (Photo: NASA)

January 5, remembering veteran NASA astronaut John Young Four years ago, astronaut John Young passed away, a naval aviator since 1954, Young was a veteran of two Gemini (3 & 10), two Apollo (10 & 16) and two space shuttle Columbia spaceflight missions. This March 3, 1965 shows Navy aviator astronaut John Young wearing the new white G3C spacesuit during a weight & balance check-up in vertical position for the upcoming 2-men Gemini III mission. Note Young was wearing a NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster 105.003-63 chronograph on an elastic bracelet. This was probably one of only four Speedmaster wristwatches that were delivered to NASA in late October 1964 for testing as Omega delivered the first batch of Speedmaster chronographs to NASA on April 23, 1965. Moreover, between April 1965 and April 1968, Omega delivered a total of 97 Speedmaster chronographs, most of which 105.012 references! (Photo: NASA)

November 14, 1930 ... Happy 90th birthday astronaut Edward White ! Today would have been the 90th birthday of NASA astronaut Edward H. White, who made the first US spacewalk in June 1965. A true American hero, Ed White was selected in NASA astronaut Group 2 but he died in the Apollo 1 pad fire in January 1967. This photo shows astronaut White holding a picture of JFK while attending a ceremony at Brooks Air Force Base in June 1965. A week after the Gemini IV spaceflight mission, Edward White still wore one of his pair of NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster 105.003-63 chronograph on a velcro strap. (Photo: USAF/UPI)

As soon as Omega became aware of the use of their Speedmaster chronograph 105.003 on a NASA spaceflight mission, they started an advertising campaign. Instead of using the excellent NASA photographs, Omega choose to use artworks depicting the spacewalk. However, these only showed a single Omega Speedmaster strapped over the forearm of Edward White’s Gemini G-4C spacesuit. The earliest “ Omega Gemini IV “ brochure in our collection is an early 1967 printed in Madrid Spain. It has 16 pages and measures 21 by 14,5 centimeters. Scan of a detail on the cover is shown here... 55 years after Ed White’s spacewalk, these NASA photos are still the most iconic & recognizable images of the American space program. (Photo: MoonwatchUniverse)

June 7, 1965... the Gemini IV astronauts were recovered after splash-down in the North Atlantic Ocean by the USS Wasp aircraft carrier. That day there was only a minor mishap as the Gemini IV capsule parachutes sank... Gemini IV space twins safely back on Earth! Interesting to learn that during the mission, there was confusion between time settings GMT - Greenwich Mean Time and GET - Ground Elapsed Time as there was no GET clock and poor readability of the GMT clock... so the Gemini IV astronauts relied on their Omega Speedmaster 321 chronographs ! OmegaFanMan video: https://youtu.be/QmKhMZg6iLs

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