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Omega s iconic Moonwatch is a collector s dream, and there are still some affordable vintage models
A renewed focus on space travel has ignited interest in the NASA-approved Omega Speedmaster - and prices are on the rise
16 February 2021 • 11:46am
When the Apollo 11 crew took one small step for man on 20 July 1969, the Omega Speedmaster was right there with them
In 1957, Omega launched a trilogy of tool watches designed to meet the needs of three groups of men. For divers, there was the Seamaster; for train drivers the Railmaster; and for motor racers, the Speedmaster. While all three proved to be successful in their own fields, the Speedmaster would go on to capture the imagination of the world 12 years later, when it became the first (and so far, the only) watch to go to the Moon.
The Redbud City: Sheriff Evans saga continues
Clyde Wooldridge
EVANS IS SHERIFF AS LYON BOND CANCELLED
The same two stage hands that rang up the curtain on Pottawatomie County’s political comedy-melodrama, wrote “finis” to the exciting episode on Saturday morning, May 1, 1937. Rufus Lyon’s $10,000 surety bond was cancelled and that left Sheriff Elza Evans as the sole claimant to the little suite of offices in the northwest corner of the courthouse basement.
Commissioners Frank Sims, and Elmer Rawlings met in adjournment session about 9 A.M., with Chairman John Gentry absent. Lyon’s bond was cancelled on Sims’ motion and Rawlings’ second. The county clerk was ordered to return the bond to the Hartford Accident and Assurance Company in Connecticut.