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SeanO
·Or Andrea Parker.
Anyone Else Got A Space Collection Going?
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SpeedyPhill
·Other spacefarers' watches to consider:
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Timex Expedition as worn on the ISS : https://www.timex.com/browse/collections/additional-collections/expedition/
Fiyta chronographs as worn by Chinese Taikonauts: http://fiyta.com/ShopList.aspx?Sex=man
Halda as worn by European astronauts : http://www.haldasweden.com/space-discovery/
Seiko spring-drive spacewalker chronograph as worn by Richard Garriott and Yuri Lonchakov in 2008
https://www.fratellowatches.com/seiko-spacewalk-spring-drive-sps005/
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Timex Expedition as worn on the ISS : https://www.timex.com/browse/collections/additional-collections/expedition/
Fiyta chronographs as worn by Chinese Taikonauts: http://fiyta.com/ShopList.aspx?Sex=man
Halda as worn by European astronauts : http://www.haldasweden.com/space-discovery/
Seiko spring-drive spacewalker chronograph as worn by Richard Garriott and Yuri Lonchakov in 2008
https://www.fratellowatches.com/seiko-spacewalk-spring-drive-sps005/
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prontoprint
·Will slowly add a few of my space inspired watches. Here's my Limited Edition ISS Fortis Cosmonaute,
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bazderome
·In fact as I pointed out during several GTG, this topic couldn't be more contemporary as several space-watch collectors started to look for a correct & good working Tuning Fork Accutron Astronaut, inspired by the upcoming 60th anniversary of the start and the 50th anniversary of the completion of the X-15 program... You're looking for thin hands on a dial without the word "Bulova" ...
Same for the Russian counterpart of the Omega Speedmaster, the 1MWCo Strela "Arrow" chronograph, worn by the first 3 men Voskhod crew (October 1964) and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov during the first spacewalk in March 1965...
Here's a comparison of the 33 mm Strela against the 42 mm Speedmaster ;
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SpeedyPhill
·nope it isn't 😁
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bazderome
·nope it isn't 😁
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noelekal
··Home For Wayward WatchesNope. I don't have a space collection going because I've run out of space.
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Flatfoot
·Hell yeah, I’ll play!
Yes, the space flight connection is a strong pull for me, too. Here is my space flight collection:
145.012 67 Michael Collins, Apollo 11
Seiko 6139 6005, Col Pogue, Skylab 4
Sinn 140/42, Mir, Spacelab 1 (Furrer) & 2,
Flightmaster 911, Leonev, Soyuz
Casually looking for a Cosmonaute. However these recent posts with the Accutron- and their link to the X-15 project may take me a different direction. The X-15 project rocked my world as a kid....and still does
Yes, the space flight connection is a strong pull for me, too. Here is my space flight collection:
145.012 67 Michael Collins, Apollo 11
Seiko 6139 6005, Col Pogue, Skylab 4
Sinn 140/42, Mir, Spacelab 1 (Furrer) & 2,
Flightmaster 911, Leonev, Soyuz
Casually looking for a Cosmonaute. However these recent posts with the Accutron- and their link to the X-15 project may take me a different direction. The X-15 project rocked my world as a kid....and still does
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SpeedyPhill
·@Flatfoot
Cosmonauts Alexei Leonov & Valeri Kubasov only wore the Flightmaster during training for Apollo-Soyuz...
However the Flightmaster has been worn on at least 2 Soviet-Russian Soyuz missions (1974 Soyuz 14 and 1976 Soyuz 21), and on STS-46 Atlantis in 1992
Cosmonauts Alexei Leonov & Valeri Kubasov only wore the Flightmaster during training for Apollo-Soyuz...
However the Flightmaster has been worn on at least 2 Soviet-Russian Soyuz missions (1974 Soyuz 14 and 1976 Soyuz 21), and on STS-46 Atlantis in 1992
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Reborn
·How many times do I have to say it? You don't have a complete collection of space stuff until you have NASA Underoos.
Geesh! Of course, you then need your wife / fiancée / girlfriend to wear an appropriate 'space suit' too.
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haqq777
·Starting this thread off, I'm particularly proud of this little gathering I've obtained over the last few years. It's not much, but it hits the right buttons in me on representing interesting timepieces that went to space. 😀
- Sturmanskie Gargarin 3717128 - Celebrating the first watch to be worn in space.
- Omega FOIS 311.32.40.30.01.001 - Remembering the "granddaddy" of all Omega Moon Watches, Wally Schirra's CK2998.
- Bulova Lunar Pilot 96B251: Modern reissue of the one of a kind chronograph that saw lunar surface time on Dave Scott's wrist on Apollo 15.
Don't be shy. Let's see what you have. 😎
Alex
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SpeedyPhill
·Hoping for a fully updated version of the MWO book to celebrate 125 years Omega name & 50th anniversaries of Apollo 11 & Alaska Project... hopefully with a more elaborate spaceflight related article !
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pdxleaf
·Just got my hands on this cosmonavigator. It's been described pretty well in WUS so won't repeat that here.
Interesting, unique, unusual, difficult to find are a few descriptors. Decent watch? Not so much. Crown feels like it would snap easily. The hands and dial are manufactured like a souvenir watch. But the case is shiny and heavy!
So what does a space watch collector do? It costs more than a nice used X-33. But it's been on a space shuttle and the ISS. Bite the bullet and add it to the collection or pass and hunt down that X-33 or keep saving for a Breitling? I don't even have a Glycine airman yet.
But it is kind of cool.
Interesting, unique, unusual, difficult to find are a few descriptors. Decent watch? Not so much. Crown feels like it would snap easily. The hands and dial are manufactured like a souvenir watch. But the case is shiny and heavy!
So what does a space watch collector do? It costs more than a nice used X-33. But it's been on a space shuttle and the ISS. Bite the bullet and add it to the collection or pass and hunt down that X-33 or keep saving for a Breitling? I don't even have a Glycine airman yet.
But it is kind of cool.
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V.L.D.
·Hi all !
Here's part of my small space age collection 😀
Here's part of my small space age collection 😀
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·Welcome V.L.D.
Indeed a space themed collection needs an Accutron, even the open dial SpaceView flew in space onboard the space shuttle 1985 mission 51-D 😉
(Photo: NASA)
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Indeed a space themed collection needs an Accutron, even the open dial SpaceView flew in space onboard the space shuttle 1985 mission 51-D 😉
(Photo: NASA)
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V.L.D.
·That is 100% correct 😀 This is one of my favorite spaceview's !
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