#swigert

June 9, 2023 The Gold “Apollo 11 tribute” Speedmaster BA 145.022-69 chronograph, awarded to Jack Swigert in 1972, sold at Sotheby’s auction house for US Dollar  152400 premium inclusive. A total of 1014 were produced, of which 36 were awarded to NASA astronauts (26 in November 1969, 8 in 1971 & 1972 and finally 2 to the Apollo 13 astronauts Swigert & Haise). Thus far researching photographs, we have only found 19 astronauts actually ever wore their Gold “Apollo 11 tribute” Speedmaster. Jack Swigert probably never wore his Gold Speedmaster as he gifted his Apollo 13 space-flown Rolex GMT-master 1675 to Rolex and received a Gold Rolex GMT-master 1675 in return. A Gold Rolex GMT-master he wore in his December 1971 official WSS - White Space Suit portrait (S71-52266) and for the rest of his life  acting as executive director of the Science/Astronautics committee in US House of representatives while running for US Congress. (Photo: Sotheby’s New York)

48 years ago, the world held its breath until the Apollo 13 astronauts successfully splashed down in the South Pacific #OTD 4/17/1970. Their mission to explore the Fra Mauro formation of Earth's Moon was aborted about 56 hours into the mission after an oxygen tank exploded and caused substantial, life-threatening damage. Here we seen President Nixon, former astronauts Michael Collins (Apollo 11) and William Anders (Apollo 8), and Henry Kissinger watch live television coverage of the command module "Odyssey" returning astronauts Lovell, Swigert, and Haise to Earth. (Image: WHPO-3359-07A)

This August, Apollo 13 astronaut John “Jack” Swigert would have celebrated his 88th birthday. A decade after the Apollo 13 mission, Swigert ran in the US House of Representatives elections and won a seat for the state of Colorado. However, he died before taking office. This May 1970 photo shows Jack Swigert shaking hands with students and well-wishers, clearly wearing a Rolex GMT master wrist watch. (Photo: NASA/Denver Post)

April 18, Apollo 13 Command Module Pilot John “Jack” Swigert during ceremonies in Hawaii. Note he was wearing his personal Rolex GMT-master wrist watch. However, even if the lunar landing had not been aborted, Swigert's Rolex GMT would not have made it to the Moon as the CMP remained in Lunar orbit while the other two astronauts landed on the Moon. Of course he could have given it to the Moonlanding astronauts, as CMP Ron Evans did during Apollo 17 in December 1972. (Photo: NASA)

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Interior view; Swigert & Lovell working on air lines.

Just realized I haven't explained yet why I've started on Gordon without talking about Swigert. Well, this is because I'm planning to do a kind of feature on 13. I haven't forgotten him.