A New White Dialed Speedmaster on Daniel Craig?

STANDY · Nov 22, 2023

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In practice, most chronograph timings last less than a minute, so a fixed "60 minute" bezel makes sense and that's what the Apollo astronauts really wanted... remember the 14 seconds timing during Apollo 13 !
Moreover, already in 1968 NASA engineer James Ragan received feedback from NASA astronauts (used for the "ultimate spacewatch" Alaska Project Speedmaster) but as practical changes took too long, by 1970 NASA had produced a custom "60 minutes" bezel, which we have seen on the Omega Speedmaster chronographs of at least 6 Apollo era astronauts !
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Most chronograph timings take less than a minute….your having a laugh aren’t you….what, less than a minute to take off, less than a minute to stuff all in space.
They take twice as long to do anything in space. It takes 3 times longer to take a piss 😁

And even your 14 seconds thing they wouldn’t use the outer bezel because it only has a 15

Omegafanman · Nov 22, 2023

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Most chronograph timings take less than a minute….your having a laugh aren’t you….what, less than a minute to take off, less than a minute to stuff all in space.
They take twice as long to do anything in space. It takes 3 times longer to take a piss 😁

And even your 14 seconds thing they wouldn’t use the outer bezel because it only has a 15

A lot of mission critical stuff happens on short time cycles… and at points when communication links are vulnerable and vibration and stresses (of all types) are high.,,, so having easy visual aids can be important. Tools for each job and all that.

SpeedyPhill · Nov 22, 2023

STANDY
Most chronograph timings take less than a minute….your having a laugh aren’t you….what, less than a minute to take off, less than a minute to stuff all in space.
They take twice as long to do anything in space. It takes 3 times longer to take a piss 😁

And even your 14 seconds thing they wouldn’t use the outer bezel because it only has a 15

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For the stuff You mentioned a stopwatch is used but in aviation/aerospace most inflight timings used with a chronograph on the wrist last way shorter, (e.g. turns after an Initial Point), unless You're an instructor paid by the minute.
AFAIK, the Speedmaster was used to time a few longer events (e.g. the Heat Flow Experiment on A14 & A17) but wasn't even used to time the biomedical experiments onboard Skylab.
IMHO a Tachymètre bezel has no use at all in aviation/aerospace... but I have mentioned this far too many times 😁

STANDY · Nov 22, 2023

Stopwatches now 😗 …….where are all your “stopwatches used in space” threads.

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A New White Dialed Speedmaster on Daniel Craig?

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