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Here is a snippet from a longer piece about the Apollo-Soyuz Speedmaster from a Space.com article.

"As for their own space-flown Omegas, the U.S. crew's timepieces now belong to the Smithsonian. Leonov flew three Omegas on the mission, one each set to American time, Moscow time and flight time. Kubasov flew two of the chronographs."
 
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NASA Astronaut Jeff Williams just set a new American record for total career days in orbit, at 521 and counting. Williams is currently on board the International Space Station as part of the Expedition 47/48 crew.

Here's a shot of Williams sporting a Speedmaster X-33 while relaxing at the Cosmonaut crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

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Image credit: NASA
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SpeedyPhill SpeedyPhill
In fact the US flag was deployed by Scott & Irwin during EVA-2
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_15/surface_opp/
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The Bulova chronograph can be seen on photos of EVA-3 and during Navy recovery in the life raft...

@SpeedyPhill (Refractor Phill?) I'll stand by my post that the image was taken during EVA-3 and at this point Scott is wearing the Bulova. I have found that many of the captions in the NASA Manned Space Flight gallery are incorrect or less than accurate. For the most accurate cataloging of the Apollo images one should use the updated Apollo Surface Journal.

In fact, the image I posted AS15-88-11863 was taken at the start of EVA-3.

https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/

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Clearer view:
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I ran across this signed photograph in a Seiko forum post discussing the Speedmaster. I have been unable to locate the original image yet but here is the signed photo of French astronaut Jean-Loup Chrétien juggling Speedmasters onboard the MIR space station in December 1988.

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Superb image and that must have been almost all Omega's onboard at that time (Colonel Musa Manarov Soyuz TM-4 in the background).
Between December 1990 - March 1991 a set of 10 Omega Speedmaster watches stayed onboard the Mir space station.
Two years later, from July 1993 to July 1994, a set of 35 Omega speedmaster watches stayed one-year-long onboard the Russian space station.
In both cases, model 145.0022
 
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ESA Astronaut Tim Peake on a post-flight, informational tour through the United Kingdom. Still wearing his Speedmaster X-33.

Photo date October 14, 2016.
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image credit: Tim Peake @ www.flickr.com
 
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...and keeping up with some more, important space news:

Astronauts Jing Haipeng and Chen Dong before boarding the Shenzhou-11 spacecraft, bound for the Tiangong-2 space laboratory. They're outfitted with Fiyta chronographs designed especially for spaceflight.

The pair docked with Tiangong-2 on October 18th, 2016 and will remain on board the orbiting laboratory for a (Chinese) record-setting 30-day stay.

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image credit: Xinhua press agency
 
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Hi Everybody[emoji137]
Can anyone guess the 2 watches on the 1st female Korean in Space ?

LG or Samsung smartwatches?
 
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Looking at pre-launch photos, it looks like the Soyuz TMA-12 crew (April 2008) wore a "hodgepodge" jumble of wristwatches 🥱
 
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SpeedyPhill SpeedyPhill
Looking at pre-launch photos, it looks like the Soyuz TMA-12 crew (April 2008) wore a "hodgepodge" jumble of wristwatches 🥱
I was guessing the watch on her wrist 04f35619a57ed64445b80e6465d1171c.jpg You are absolutely spot on about the jumble of wrist watches Sir
My colleague Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor the 1st Malaysian cosmonaut in Space on board Soyuz TMA -11 47d376b25ed8298c9644a43ab45ba0cb.jpg told us he brought along his Rolex Sub Date & Fortis GMT like the one above. Look at Dr Sheikh's left forearm as he makes his way to the door. He wasnt wearing a Speedy like his American & Russian colleagues. The watch on his wrist was a Fortis but after strapping himself on board the spacecraft he wore the Speedy. During one live telecast event of the crew on board the ISS , Dr Sheikh had watches on both wrists
 
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Hi Mr @Jones in LA
Hi Everybody[emoji137]
Can anyone guess the 2 watches on the 1st female Korean in Space ?

She is wearing the standard Speedmaster on a black elastic strap on the Sokol suit and on the wrist the X-33 on a kevlar strap. Other pre-flight images of her suiting up reveal the strap and the pushers of the X-33.
 
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Fifty years ago today, Astronauts Aldrin and Lovell made preparations for atmospheric re-entry of their Gemini 12 spacecraft. The Gemini 12 mission was the last Gemini spaceflight and demonstrated that pre-flight training in a neutral buoyancy simulator was the key to success for extravehicular activity.

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image credit: NASA

 
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