This is the Omega 321 watch moment. It is a chronograph movement with a 17 jewel calibration that is manually wound. It is not a factory certified Chronometer, though meets the criteria and if properly tuned, works beyond basic chronometer standards. It was invented in 1945 by the Lumia watch company in Switzerland. Lumia was a sub-company to Omega. In 1957 the movement was put in Lewis Brendt's Omega Speedmaster. 1968 Omega replaced the 321 movement with the 861, which is the current Omega Speedmaster movement. Also Since 1965 the Omega Speedmaster has been the official space watch for NASA. It is sometimes nicknamed the moon watch, because it was worn on the moon. Still to this day, every astronaut is issued 2 Speedmasters with their space suit. The only difference between those Speedmasters and the one above, is that mission watches have a black Velcro strap to fit over the space suit. Also (this opinionated) Omegas are better then Rolexs. Rolexs are 20% more expensive on average, though are not a durable and don't keep time as well. Gonna get a beer, latter.
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ReplyDeleteI apologize for telling you to get off your lazy ass; it was more a joke than anything.I guess it was out of line for me to say something so rude; I sort of just figured you wouldn't take it to heart. :) As for my blog only having one entry, I have been writing blogs every week, however, for some reason they only show up on my page when I'm logged in. It's very odd, but other people can't view them. I am creating a new blog and you are welcome to comment on my page. No hard feelings classmate.
ReplyDeletethis was a pretty cool entry, mostly because the pictures reminded me of an old watch that my dad had when i was a little girl that he opened up so that I could see inside of it and so that he could show me the little jewels in there.
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