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befobe
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Hi OF,
Just wanted to propose to choose your next spaceship...:
Vostok 1, or Voskhod 2, or Eagle, or Skylab 4, or Spacelab 馃榿

And in the same way, share my space history passion, easier to do with watches than in real life, unfortunately for me...馃槜
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befobe
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Thanks @TLIGuy ! Last landed this Sinn, I like this era (this one is from 1998) when the tritium goes to strong yellow... 馃槑
(next week, normally, a new member will come... 馃槣)
 
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My people!

+1 on that Sinn. I need/ want one!

Look for a Laika dog watch, the first watch in Space, if you ignore the X-15s. It'll occupy you for awhile. Pay attention to the 6 o'clock hour as there are many similar references that aren't correct. Plus there are different fonts. Inexpensive but hard to find.
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A Sekonda too, although these were destined for export. But the Russian pilots preferred them as they thought export meant better. This one was owned by a Russian pilot, based on the caseback inscription.
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An Astronaut and an Airman are probably on your list too. Both worn by Conrad and Cooper on the same mission. Similar to the Seiko and Movado that were also worn on a same mission.

The Astronaut was seen by John Glenn, who told the owner, "Nice watch", according to the son of the original owner.
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Maybe the most inexpensive but most worn space (ISS) watch is the DW5600.
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Apparently there were about 1800 watches worn in space so we have a ways to go 馃榿
 
befobe
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@Scarecrow Boat and @pdxleaf , many thanks for these wonderful ideas..... You will see, my next one is not so rare as these ones....
I love this Bulova.... And the Sekonda!... And..... There's no end, that's the problem....馃槻
 
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Between July 1975 & April 1981 there were no NASA spaceflight missions while in that period the Russians launched 21 spaceflight missions.
Wrist-watch-wise a very interesting period especially the 8 Interkosmos missions in that time (Czechoslovakia, Poland, East-Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary, Vietnam, Cuba and Mongolia flew a guest cosmonaut).
Between September 1976 & March 1994, the Russian Poljot 3133 and Shturmanskie 31659 chronographs have been used onboard 30 Soyuz missions by at least 44 cosmonauts... these are space-era chronographs at the price of today's Omega straps ! 馃憤
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befobe
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The 3133 is indeed a cool and cheap chrono with fun colors...馃槤
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A simple robust reliable chrono... If this movement was a spaceship, it would be Soyuz...馃榿
 
befobe
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Here it is!
Need to do now a new photo of the space family...
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SpeedyPhill
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Talking about space history, would anyone be interested in a book specific on space-flown wrist watches / chronographs ?
An idea we had 1 year ago in the SWFG and for which MoonwatchUniverse already wrote half-a-dozen examples:
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SpeedyPhill SpeedyPhill
Talking about space history, would anyone be interested in a book specific on space-flown wrist watches / chronographs ?
An idea we had 1 year ago in the SWFG and for which MoonwatchUniverse already wrote half-a-dozen examples:
馃摉
. (Example: MoonwatchUniverse)
.
SWFG-Spacewatches-Book.jpg

A rolex 1675 serviced with a new dial, hands and insert as chosen photo? Dommage.
 
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spacemission spacemission
A rolex 1675 serviced with a new dial, hands and insert as chosen photo? Dommage.
It's an old screenshot of the very first draft...馃摉
 
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SpeedyPhill SpeedyPhill
It's an old screenshot of the very first draft...馃摉

Oh yeah. It's funny beacuse the 24h hand is not well fitted.

It seems like a talking watches of hodinkee, Mrs. Shields. 1675, 16750 or a mix? 馃う
 
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