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February 23, 1966 Gemini VIII command pilot Neil Armstrong seen during a weight & balance check. Note how an Omega Speedmaster on black leather strap was hastily put over the left forearm of the spacesuit with a long Mil Spec velcro. (Photo: NASA)

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March 1965, Gemini III pilot/astronaut John Young leaving the trailer for a flight simulation test for the first 2-men Gemini mission. Note he was wearing 2 Omega Speedmaster 105.003-64 chronographs on steel bracelets strapped over each glove of the new white G3C spacesuit. (Photo: NASA)

Naval aviator & astronaut John Young manually winds his Omega Speedmaster 105.003-64 chronograph in preparation of a session in the flight simulator for the Gemini III mission in March 1965. By that time, the Omega Speedmaster chronograph was test-qualified as the official and exclusive timepiece of the American manned space program. Note that the watch was worn over a semi-elastic steel bracelet to fit over the space suit gloves. (Photo: NASA)

March 3, 1965 naval aviator & NASA astronaut John Watts Young wearing the new white G3C spacesuit during a weight & balance checkup in vertical position for the upcoming 2-men Gemini III mission. A week earlier Gemini astronauts were issued Omega Speedmaster chronographs as these successfully completed a series of tests conducted by NASA engineer James Ragan. Note John Young was wearing an Omega Speedmaster 105.003-64 chronograph on an elastic bracelet. (Photo: NASA / scan MoonwatchUniverse)

March 23, 1965, Gemini III astronaut John Young looked relaxed during the final briefing session in the suit-up trailer near pad 16 at Cape Kennedy. Young and Grissom were the first astronauts to test the 2-man Gemini capsule in Low Earth Orbit. Note that pilot Young was wearing two Omega Speedmaster 105.003-64 chronographs on semi-elastic steel bracelet strapped over each wrist. The hesalite domes cannot be mistaken as the Omega Speedmaster was used for the first time as the official flight-qualified chronograph for NASA manned spaceflight missions! (Photo: NASA)

March 25, 1965, Gemini III astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and John Young, examine some of the photo negatives they took on their three-orbit flight against a world map. The two astronauts returned to Cape Kennedy on 25 March where they were given a 4 hour physical and held a short press conference. Note the Omega Speedmaster ST 105.003 chronograph on JB Champion bracelet at Young’s left wrist. (Photo: NASA)

June 3, 1965, astronaut Edward H. White II, Gemini-IV pilot during suiting up procedures for the historic Gemini-IV in the trailer near pad 19 at Cape Canaveral. Note that White’s golden visor, for the planned spacewalk, isn’t attached yet and that he’s wearing two Omega Speedmaster chronographs reference 105.003-64 at his left forearm. In the middle sits astronaut Alan Shepard, talking to a space suit technician.  (Photo: NASA)