APOLLO 13 Silver SNOOPY Award---Omega Speedmaster Watch

This new Omega -just revealed at Baselworld 2015- underneath the title Speedmaster Apollo 13 Silver Snoopy Award pays homage to that particular memorable mission 45 years back and remembers the working together, quick thinking, resourcefulness and courage that introduced Commander Jim Lovell, Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise home securely. A closer inspection in the watch implies that Snoopy, the beloved dog in the Peanuts cartoon along with a NASA mascot, embellishes the dial and also the caseback -a small tribute towards the Silver Snoopy Award that OMEGA was given in 1970 in recognition of their contributions towards the entire Apollo program.

The dial of the Speedmaster Apollo 13 Silver Snoopy Award, inspired through the black and white math comic strips printed in newspapers, reaches once identifiable because the inverse of their legendary predecessor. The whitened dial contrasts the black varnished Moonwatch-style hands and also the polished black ceramic bezel, featuring an excellent-LumiNova tachymeter scale. Super-LumiNova can also be located on the central hour, minute and chronograph seconds hands. The luminescent material was utilized to help make the indexes as well as their glow is enhanced through the black varnish that fills the indexes’ top tooth decay.

Distinguishing this limited edition watch would be the two inscriptions that decorate the dial. 14 small squares between zero and 14 seconds around the dial get together to create a lengthy caricature, using the words “What would you do in 14 seconds?” written underneath. Now you ask, a jerk towards the 14-second mid-course correction the Apollo 13 astronauts timed using their on-board back-up timing device: the Omega Speedmaster. 

In the center of the dial may be the quote: “Failure isn't a choice.” These inspiring words were spoken by actor Erectile dysfunction Harris who performed Apollo 13 Flight Director Gene Kranz within the 1995 film concerning the historic mission, Apollo 13. A small picture of a sleeping Snoopy colored around the dial with Super-LumiNova is situated within the small seconds sub-dial at 9 o’clock also it seems as though he's fantasizing of the token phrase that's frequently used in colaboration with the mission.

One of the most intriguing and intriguing features of the watch is its alluring case back. Paid by a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal is really a 925 silver medallion that resembles the pin that supported the Silver Snoopy Award that OMEGA received in 1970.

The silver Snoopy is installed on a plate of the same material and it is encircled by fast enamel. Silver powder is spread by hand within the enamel of every individual case back, giving the sense that Snoopy is floating wide. Around the case back, this is engraved: “SILVER SNOOPY AWARD”, “EYES Around the STARS”, “45TH ANNIVERSARY”, “0000/1970” and “APOLLO XIII”.

The 42 mm stainless steel watch is presented on the black covered nylon material fabric strap with whitened stitching along with a foldover clasp. The Speedmaster Apollo 13 Silver Snoopy Award is going to be created inside a limited edition of 1,970 pieces. At its heart may be the Omega calibre 1861, exactly the same manual-winding chronograph movement that powered the legendary Moonwatch. Around the wrist, the watch wears as with every other 'Speedy' with great wrist presence. Cost is $7,350 USD.