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First Omega Seamaster... to fly in Space ?

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June 6, 2018 American physician Serena Aunon-Chancellor flew as Flight engineer on Soyuz MS-09 to the ISS...
Her first spaceflight mission would last almost 200 days... 196 days 17 hours 50 minutes to be exact !
Could this two-tone chronograph, she was wearing, be an Omega SeaMaster Professional Chronometer 300m ?
I believe we see the external Helium Escape Valve at 10 o'clock typical for these Omega diving watches
If so, it would be the first Seamaster I see going up to Low Earth Orbit !
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This is really cool! Thanks for sharing! I tried to look for more info, but I couldn't find any.
 
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Here's something to pursue and investigate further...
A lot of astronauts train as aquanauts in the NEEMO project: NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations to work & live in an undersea habitat off the coast of Key Largo - Florida.
We already knew that Canadian astronaut Dafydd Williams used his Rolex SeaDweller on NEEMO 9 (2006) and wore the same Rolex in space on STS-118 shuttle Endeavour in 2007...
I hoped to find the Omega Seamaster at the wrist of American flight surgeon / astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor as she was a member of NEEMO16 (2012) and NEEMO 20 (2015) but she wore a Timex Ironman, a watch she also wore in space !
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A dainty little women's watch 😁

Here's another dainty watch.

Tazio-Nuvolari.jpg


On the wrist of Tazio Nuvolari, a bit of a softy 😗
 
SpeedyPhill
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Are these all Titanium case... It might have been a rose gold version ? Anyway a 2017 or 2018 Seamaster.
 
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SpeedyPhill SpeedyPhill
Are these all Titanium case... It might have been a rose gold version ? Anyway a 2017 or 2018 Seamaster.

On your first photo it looks like titanium case and yellow gold details.
 
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The Space Watches group listed it as: Seamaster 2296 8000... MoonwatchUniverse only noticed the external Helium Escape Valve in the NASA photos... but the Omega museum is on to it as well, so hoping to hear more soon ☕
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SpeedyPhill, more than any other civilian, you deserve a ride to the ISS. Seriously. The stuff you find blows me away. I have learned so much from you about space and watches. If life was fair, you'd be floating in zero gravity. Thanks for sharing and caring.
 
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I got a tip via MoonwatchUniverse of the fact that NASA astronaut Mark Kelly did a favor for a friend by wearing this friend's Omega Seamaster co-axial chronometer on space shuttle Discovery STS-124 in May-June 2008...
What a cool thing to do... so ten years earlier then the Omega Seamaster Professional 300m of flight-surgeon Serena Aunón-Chancellor, which probably remains the first Seamaster flown on a Soyuz mission ( 196 days on MS-09 between June & December 2018).
Anyway interesting facts to be included in the upcoming " Seamaster Only " book...
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I hadn't heard about the Seamaster Only volume. Exciting news - I'm keenly anticipating its publication.
 
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I hadn't heard about the Seamaster Only volume. Exciting news - I'm keenly anticipating its publication.

Me neither. Same authors as Moonwatch Only?
 
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Last time I saw & spoke both authors, they mentioned that " Seamaster Only " is in the works... focusing on Seamaster toolwatches !
 
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will we soon see a third Omega Seamaster going up onboard the International Space Station ?
(Photo: NASA)
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will we soon see a third Omega Seamaster going up onboard the International Space Station ?
(Photo: NASA)
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I would be curious if super human (MD, SEAL, Astronaut) Jonny Kim is wearing one of the Navy SEAL unit watch program Seamaster watches.🤔
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SpeedyPhill
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Well, Expedition 72/73 astronaut Jonathan "Jonny" Kim also took his Omega Seamaster wrist watch...
For record-setting sake... Hoping to see his Rolex GMT-master as then he would become the first astronaut to carry 3 Rolex watches in space !
(Photo: NASA)
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Thread 'Astronauts wore Rolex GMT's and not just Speedmasters. Say it isn't so...' ·
I posted this over in the Rolex forum but I thought there may be a little interest here as well since many of us have a bit of space geek in us.

My interest and research is confined to a very...
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TLIGuy TLIGuy
Pretty good summary of Kim's watches....


Are we looking at the commander of Artemis III?
 
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