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·Interesting article shared in the SWFG - Space Watches Facebook Group
As always a few "Preliminary remarks"
"" Seiko's "nod" to the classic Pogue "" article.
First of all NASA astronauts didn't only wear the NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster, counting from the Omega Speedmaster qualification in June 1965, already on Gemini V Charles "Pete" Conrad wore his personal Glycine Airman automatic pilot watch, which he wore again directly exposed to outer space during Gemini XI in 1966. On the Gemini VIII mission Neil Armstrong wore a Longines-Wittnaeur belonging to his childhood aviator hero James "Jimmie" Mattern. Without going in further detail, during Apollo missions 13 to 17 at least 4 Rolex GMT-master 1675 pilot watches were worn to the Moon.
During the final Skylab-4 mission, from 16 November 1973 to 8 February 1974, both SL-4 Commander Gerald Carr (Movado Datachron HS360 PHC automatic chronograph) and Pilot William Pogue (Seiko 6139-6005 automatic chronograph) wore the "first" automatic chronograph during 84 days in space.
See: https://www.hodinkee.com/magazine/snuck-into-space
Wrist watch journalism must be something more recent than aerospace journalism, as already in the 1980s and 1990s spaceflight enthusiast wrote articles about wrist watches in space and astronauts even answered snailmail questions via the "Readers Write" column in magazines like "Spaceflight".
2024 Seiko "Pogue": https://teaandtickers.uk/just-released-seikos-nod-to-the-classic-pogue/
As always a few "Preliminary remarks"
"" Seiko's "nod" to the classic Pogue "" article.
First of all NASA astronauts didn't only wear the NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster, counting from the Omega Speedmaster qualification in June 1965, already on Gemini V Charles "Pete" Conrad wore his personal Glycine Airman automatic pilot watch, which he wore again directly exposed to outer space during Gemini XI in 1966. On the Gemini VIII mission Neil Armstrong wore a Longines-Wittnaeur belonging to his childhood aviator hero James "Jimmie" Mattern. Without going in further detail, during Apollo missions 13 to 17 at least 4 Rolex GMT-master 1675 pilot watches were worn to the Moon.
During the final Skylab-4 mission, from 16 November 1973 to 8 February 1974, both SL-4 Commander Gerald Carr (Movado Datachron HS360 PHC automatic chronograph) and Pilot William Pogue (Seiko 6139-6005 automatic chronograph) wore the "first" automatic chronograph during 84 days in space.
See: https://www.hodinkee.com/magazine/snuck-into-space
Wrist watch journalism must be something more recent than aerospace journalism, as already in the 1980s and 1990s spaceflight enthusiast wrote articles about wrist watches in space and astronauts even answered snailmail questions via the "Readers Write" column in magazines like "Spaceflight".
2024 Seiko "Pogue": https://teaandtickers.uk/just-released-seikos-nod-to-the-classic-pogue/
