Other 'Achievement' or 'famous' watches?

**Lampoc** · 13th March 2019, 17:42

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Gagarin's Sturmanskie yet.

Originally Posted by Mr Curta

Leonov's 3017

Although it's basically the same watch, surely Leonov had a Strela, not a Poljot.

**Mr Curta** · 13th March 2019, 17:56

Originally Posted by Lampoc

Although it's basically the same watch, surely Leonov had a Strela, not a Poljot.

Almost certainly badged as a Strela but I ain’t got one of those.

**Lampoc** · 13th March 2019, 19:10

Originally Posted by Mr Curta

Almost certainly badged as a Strela but I ain’t got one of those.

Did you have to agree so quickly? I was hoping for a 7 page Poljot vs Strela fanboy argument.

**M4tt** · 13th March 2019, 19:39

World's first mass market quartz watch:

**M4tt** · 13th March 2019, 20:01

Wittnauer Allproof:

As worn by Jimmy Mattern and, of course Neil Armstrong during his Gemini flight:

**jwg663** · 13th March 2019, 20:10

Baumgartner's Zenith El Primero Flyback Striking 10th?

https://www.zenith-watches.com/en_en...ix-baumgartner

**animalone** · 13th March 2019, 23:15

Al Capone's Rolex prince
Jim Clark's Enicar chrono
Mallory's Borgel
George Daniel's Co axial Patek nautilus

**Saint-Just** · 13th March 2019, 19:44

Originally Posted by Lampoc

Did you have to agree so quickly? I was hoping for a 7 page Poljot vs Strela fanboy argument.

Pah! It’s all conjecture anyway, and I think you both only see what you want to see.

**Grandsire** · 14th March 2019, 09:36

Originally Posted by Lampoc

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Gagarin's Sturmanskie yet.

Although it's basically the same watch, surely Leonov had a Strela, not a Poljot.

Great story about Leonov here:

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-mo...done-in-space/

The strela should be more iconic being the first chronograph in space

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