The 40th Anniversary of Climbing the Moon Part A |
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THE BACKGROUND OF TALKING: Omega Moon Watch Exhibition is Opened in Chengdu.
Every year there are many watch exhibitions in every place, but yesterday there was a Omega Moon watch Exhibition which was opened in Chengdu Time Business Square with the great meaning. The watches of this series is not only the apex of stanines, reliable, but also engraved the great action of historical space flights. It is said that the watch exhibition will last July 11th.
On July 20th, 1969, the human race firstly climbed up the Moon, and it can be on of the greatest movements in the history of human beings. At four to three accoring to the Greenwich Standard time of July 21st, Neil Armstrong climbed up the surface of the moon, 19 minutes later Bazz Ordrey secondly stepped on the Moon, what he wore is just the Omega Speedmaster watch, the legend then was given birth. To remember the great explorative deal, Omega released two editions of Speedmaster professional moon watch of Apollo 11th 40th anniversary edtions: The steel watch and the 925 silver material anniversary edition ( ONLY 7969 ONES), platinum watch and 24K gold material anniversary edtion (ONLY 69 ONES), also , they held the moon watch exhibition in many important cities around the world to remember the glory of 40 years.
Now let’s look back through the history to see how Omega watches become the moon watches.
In the early 1960s, NASA was doing the preparation work for the two tasks named BINARY STAR (two people) and APOLLO (Three people). And one of the most important equipments was to choose a watch which could be used in the serious space environment successfully.
