Not wishing to get into an arguement however I think you might be missing the point. Mercedes did undertake a massive swim in 1927 and did not break her watch - how many manufacturers could claim the same thing in that era.
Again with Yeager, the point I think is that during his 60 years of flighing and many adventures (inc X1), he made a personal decision to wear Rolex watches. So clearly he thought, based upon his own experience, their watches were able to cope will all crap he threw at it. A great personal recommendation.
Perhaps its stories like this which to a certain extend puts the achievement of the Omega Moon watches into perspective. Yes, then when to the moon, however with the exception of the take off and landing it was hardly a hostile environment (for a watch). Where as watch that survived being strapped to a fighter pilot wrist for say 10 years is a better testament to how good it actually was. A bit like the Seiko 6105 that survived 3-4 tours of Vietham strapped to the wrist of Grunt demonstrates how good these watches actually are.