When Apollo 17 reached the moon on December 11th, 1972, it marked the 6th time in history that the OMEGA Speedmaster Moonwatch would be trusted on a lunar mission. Having been “officially qualified by NASA” in 1965, after facing some of the toughest trials imagineable, the Speedmaster joined the astronauts on every successful landing including Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17.