Neil Armstrong was 38 years old when he became the first person to walk on the Moon. He used his NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster as a backup timer onboard the Eagle, because he lacked confidence in the on-board computer.

Nine months later, Jack Swigert was 38 when he used his “Speedy” to time a critical 14 s DPS burn that corrected Apollo 13’s trajectory on its return to Earth.

Eryn is 38 , so I got her a Speedy of her own—a white dial Ref. 310.30.42.50.04.001 “sapphire sandwich” powered by Omega’s Cal. 3861 movement.