Did the Moonwatch need hesalite?

SpeedyPhill

@ErichPryde
Indeed rules have been relaxed during the STS space shuttle program
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First Rolex in space?
Depends on the definition of space, for military test pilots this was 50 miles...
So the very first Rolex in space was a Rolex GMT-master 1675 Pepsi bezel pilot watch worn by test pilot William "Pete" Knight during X-15 flight 190 (17 OCT 1967 reaching 85 kilometers).
Knight had also worn his Rolex GMT-master during X-15 flight 188 (03 OCT 1967 reaching a speed of Mach 6.7 or 7232 km/hour)!
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The first automatic chronograph in space was a double win:
The very first automatic chronograph in space was a joint win, as during the 84 days long Skylab 4 mission (Nov 1973 - Feb 1974), both Commander Gerald Carr, 40mm Movado Datachron HS360, and pilot William Pogue, 41mm Seiko 6139-6005, wore an automatic chronograph !
The very first automatic chronograph directly exposed to the harsh vacuum environment of outer space, was the 38mm Fortis Official Cosmonauts chronograph, Lemania 5100 movement, worn by Mir-16 cosmonauts Yuri malenchenko and Talgat Musabayev (9 SEP 1994) !
See:
https://www.hodinkee.com/magazine/snuck-into-space

Vinz Clortho

Funny thing is I have the exact jar in the cupboard and had it on pancakes a couple days prior.

Imagine my surprise to see the pic pop up, then see the video of it just floating perfectly through the capsule with the label out like it was a commercial.

I already hear the Orson Welles voiceover for it. Or go for something like the old Tang commercials from the early Shuttle days.