Omega Flightmaster

Though the Omega Speedmaster is perhaps known best for its use in all manned space missions, it was not by any means Omega’s first pilot’s watch. That honor goes to the Flightmaster, whose distinctive looks have been marking time for aviators since 1969.1969 was a year of interesting developments, particularly for Omega. While brands like Heuer, Breitling, and Hamilton competed against Zenith and Seiko to develop an automatic chronograph movement, an Omega Speedmaster was carried to the moon. Since a Speedmaster had already gone farther than any watch ever worn or made by man, Omega could very well have stopped there.But the 1960s were a decade marked by economic expansion. People had more leisure time, and with the advent of jet travel, they took to the skies in record numbers. Not everyone could go to the Moon, but flying from Boston to Rio was certainly well within the capabilities of the Jet Set.Many of these Jet Setters took flight in DC-8 jetliners built by the Douglas Aircraft C