Omega has announced a new version of its celebrated Speedmaster watch, one that pays overt tribute to its space-age legacy.

Wally Schirra acquired his interest in flying and ... and went after a job as an astronaut. In an Artillery Shell. During Schirra’s astronaut training, he built up a reputation as a dedicated ...

The company is releasing its new Speedmaster, modeled on the one worn by Walter “Wally” Schirra on the Sigma 7 mission By ...

The CK2998 Speedy was Schirra’s personal watch, and the decision to wear it on the mission was his alone. The ref. CK2998 Speedmaster worn by astronaut Wally Schirra in 1962 was the first Omega watch ...

NASA astronaut Walter “Wally” Schirra famously wore the second-gen Speedy on the Mercury-Atlas 8: Sigma 7 mission of 1962, earning it the title of “first Omega in Space.” Omega did drop a ...

Announcer: The mission of Apollo 7 was 11 days long. Commander of the capsule, Astronaut Wally Schirra, told what the major goal of the flight was. Commander Wally Schirra: "The flight is a low ...

October 11-12: After extensive redesign work, Apollo 7, commanded by Wally Schirra (the only astronaut to command Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions) enters earth orbit in the first test of the ...

Things were not going well aboard Apollo 7: The astronauts felt stressed by the confines of the command module, and to top it off, astronaut Wally Schirra developed a painful head cold (03:32 ...

Released in 1959, before Omega’s Speedmaster was selected by NASA to outfit its astronauts, the CK 2998 was worn by astronaut Walter “Wally” Schirra on the Sigma 7 mission of the Mercury ...