Reply With QuoteFurthest to the left looks like a Speedmaster quartz to me and the one over the cuff a regular Speedmaster.
Not sure about the other two.
Just spotted that Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei both wearing two watches. Anyone has a clue why and what they are? I reckon the one over the cuff is Omega not sure about the rest..
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Furthest to the left looks like a Speedmaster quartz to me and the one over the cuff a regular Speedmaster.
Not sure about the other two.
They're wearing X33's and the guy on right also wearing Speedy Pro. I think they wear more than one for timing / measuring experiments etc.Originally Posted by Velorum
Yep:
I like this Skylab pic.
And this one.
And this 1962 pic of Armstrong and Walker wearing Accutron Astronauts. Right click to view large image.
Or this 1966 pic of Alan Shepard wearing an Accutron Astronaut. Right click for larger image.
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Ed White wearing his Speedmaster 105:003
And the famous spacewalk from Gemini IV, which Omega commemorated 40 years later with a nice blue dial limited edition.
They can wear just about anything they want nowadays: Paolo Nespoli appears to have taken four watches with him.
Question: Is there any point using a tourbillon watch in space where there is almost no gravity?
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There isn't much point in having a tourbillon in a wrist watch at all, gravity or not, especially if the person wearing it is quite active.
Apart from them being fascinating to watch of course.
Here's Daniel T. Barry (wearing two Timex Data Link watches) and Ellen Ochoa (Looks like an X-33 and an unknown) on STS-96. Like Castro (and unlike Maradona) they can get away with wearing two watches and still look cool, so why not!
There's a bit more about the Timex Data Link and NASA here: http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.ph...SA-Smart-Watch
Why? So they can sell them for a healthy profit on eBay!
"A man of little significance"
Sally Ride with a Seiko A829
Thanks for the info.
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Can’t help thinking, ‘In space they can’t hear you scream’.
martyn.
Sinn 140 as worn by Reinhard Furrer and me. Herr Furrer was also a two watch man in space it seems.
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Pfft
Fantastic Speedies Matthew!Pfft
There's always someone... Lovely collection though Matthew, and I'll raise you a Fortis:Pfft
Now you know that's on my list! Just perfect. I may have to resort to a WTB.
I have an A829-6029 with the nifty bezel, but the 6019 variant like Sally's still eludes me.
Which model is this? Really like their latest chrono. How do you rate them?There's always someone... Lovely collection though Matthew, and I'll raise you a Fortis:
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I quite like my Seiko, the alarm is quite handy and the bezel setting the functions is very clever.
This is the original Lemania 5100 powered Fortis cosmonauts, which was Russia's choice for their space program in the nineties. I think it's a brilliant watch, and I think Fortis in general offer a lot of watch for the money. The current B42 cosmonauts is still part of all Russian cosmonauts' equipment I believe.
This thread is missing something, a watch that has been used by Astronaughts in the Space Shuttle programme ;)
Looks like all Omega?
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Not NASA or ISS but here's Jean-Loup Chrétien on Mir Aragatz wearing two watches, one of which is a Yema Spationaute III.
Mine doesn't have the twin flags logo, but is otherwise identical.
Alaska IV NASA prototype only 12 made, mine is the first in the series. It was made for the Shuttle Programme, and has most likely 'flown'.
Back to the ISS - Daniel Tani, flight engineer on ISS Expedition 16.
My final entry: Carl E. Walz in the ISS:
And me:
The iron man is pretty cool :)
Not as cool as a probably flown Alaska IV prototype, but I like it! It did feature in a lot of missions.
It is still possible to programme it using an old XP Netbook.
Here's an application featuring numerous time display options, including a binary display.
And a version of 'Pong' to help pass the time on those boring evenings aboard the ISS.
The crown is used to control the players paddle.
This earlier version of the Timex Ironman Data Link (model 78041) is one of the few watches flight qualified by NASA for all space missions.
Here's Sergei Krikalev on ISS Expedition 1.
I can also handle a Makita so I'm surprised that I've not had the call from Star City.
I watched Gravity last night and it's got me thinking I need a Speedy Pro and a Fortis - not that either of these featured in the film! Question is will these come before a PRS-82... need to scratch a very strong itch!!
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Love that Iron Man too!
Photos of Paolo's many watches...
Looks more like a case of what hasn't made it to space these days.
All these Omegas being used in space - you'd have thought Omega would mention it in their marketing campaigns.....
Haha, yes, they're very low key and modest about it. The same with celebrity wearers: had George Clooney worn a Rolex, they'd probably be shouting about it.
There is probably one of these on the ISS right now.
Note that there are no 'nibbled' arabic numerals on the face of this watch. (LOL).
Erm, not quite, Matthew..... a Yema Spationaute III.
Mine doesn't have the twin flags logo, but is otherwise identical.
There are a LOT of subtle differences between the space-flown pre-production / prototype versions, like those worn by Jean-Loup Chrétien aboard Mir and even the early limited edition production versions which also had the mission flags on the dial.
Here's a couple of photos of Aragatz back-up astronaut Michel Tognini's watch (# 04)
Different bezel engraving / lume; different hands; different dial - without a 12, different bullet hour markers, different fonts, slightly smaller diameter sub-dials with less increments, etc. ....
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My recently acquired Bulova Accutron Astornaut
Thanks for the detailed photographs. I know that I'm never going to get hold of an original and I'm not interested in cobbling together something closer from bits pinched from other watches so It'll do me nicely.
Thanks, JackW!
A couple of Aragatz 'Cadran Drapeux' that I've cobbled together over the years ....
Second one started out with just these parts in November 2009 - 5 Euros off eBay France.
This is a great thread, is that your actual watch?
I’ve never seen hands adjusted like that before.
Yes, bought it on Sales Corner recently.
https://www.ebay.nl/itm/SEIKO-X-33-V...YAAOSwWr5ZvxSv
Cool stuff, still for sale, for the real space collector.
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Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
As I wrote previously:Not NASA or ISS but here's Jean-Loup Chrétien on Mir Aragatz wearing two watches, one of which is a Yema Spationaute III.
Mine doesn't have the twin flags logo, but is otherwise identical.
This is Jean-Loup Chrétien's Yema Spationaute III worn aboard Soyuz TM-7 and for the 25-day duration of the Mir EO-4 Aragatz mission. It's still fitted with the same NASA-style Kevlar / Velcro strap shown in the photo you posted.
Purchased in a French online auction Drouot / Le Calvez 4 weeks ago: https://www.gazette-drouot.com/lots/...spationaute---
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That’s a bit special, are you the lucky new owner?
Yes, I thought so too. That's why I bought it.
Well it’s probably the coolest watch on the forum, congratulations!Yes, I thought so too. That's why I bought it.
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