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Welcome to the which moments trivia section of the website. In this area we have
tried to collect information about defining moments for watch making companies.
Different moments in time has seen different watch makes in defining acts. That act
may be in relation to watch development, or watch use.
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The defining moments :-
- 1969 - Neil Armstrong walks on the moon wearing an Omega Speedmaster
- 1927 - Cross english channel swimmer wears a Rolex Oyster during swim
Which Watch?
- Which watch was the preferred time piece of the Russian Tsars? ...... a Breguet
- Which watch did Napolean use at Waterloo? ...... a Breguet
- Which watch did Wellington use at Waterloo? ....... a Breguet
- Which watch is named after a WWI tank with its tracks longer than its body? ...... Cartier Tank Watch 1917
- Which watch company built the first avaitor specific watch? ....... Longines built the Lindbergh wrist watch
for Charles Lindbergh which gave time in degrees of an arc, making it easier to read longitude
- Which watch did both the Russian and American Astronauts wear during the first ever craft meeting of
Apollo-Soyuz in 1975? ......... Omega Speedmaster
- Which watch was the first ever watch to qualify as a marine choronometer? ..... The Omega Megaquartz
2400 calibre 1511 version.
- Which watch was worn by Sir Edmund Hilary on his summiting of Mt Everest in 1953?..........Rolex Oyster
- Which watch was worn by Rienhold Meisner on his summiting Mt Everest without Oxygen?........ Rolex
- Which watch did Ranulph Fiennes wear on his Transglobe Expedition?........Rolex
- Which watch company made the first wire-cutting timing device for athletic meets? .......... Longines in 1912
An Omega Moment
In 1970 an explosion aboard the Apollo VIII destroys the space craft timing instruments. With communications
from NASA severed, the astronauts wrist watches, Omega Speedmaster, provide the sole timing devices as the
firing of rocket engines had to be timed to 1/10 th of a second. Wrong firing would not achieve correct trajectory
for safe return to earth.
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