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·Bottom most photo looks like a Rolex Yachtmaster.
Diameter?
Hidden gems from the Russian Space photo archives
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DoctorEvil
·Diameter?
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·The logo on those large Gold-shiny chronographs we saw strapped over the Sokol space suits since Soyuz MS-21 in March 2022, worn by the ISS expedition 67 cosmonauts might be ENERGIA but it's now certain an ENERGIA logo wrist watch was worn on the spacewalks 445 and 447.
(Wikipedia EVA numbering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spacewalks_since_2015 )
This white dial with Russian State logo at 12 o'clock seems to be nicknamed the President's watch and has been used on EVAs (spacewalks)!
(Photos: Roscosmos/Energia)
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(Wikipedia EVA numbering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spacewalks_since_2015 )
This white dial with Russian State logo at 12 o'clock seems to be nicknamed the President's watch and has been used on EVAs (spacewalks)!
(Photos: Roscosmos/Energia)
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·Always amazed by questions " Can I wear my Speedmaster " ... doing the lawn ? during snow removal ?
Can astronauts/cosmonauts wear the Omega Speedmaster in the cramped spaceflight capsules ?
Omega Speedmaster chronograph worn by Soyuz TM-27 cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev onboard the Mir space station (during LIVE Omega X-33 press TV broadcast) between January & August 1998 (207 days 12 hours in space).
(Photo: MoonwatchUniverse)
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Can astronauts/cosmonauts wear the Omega Speedmaster in the cramped spaceflight capsules ?
Omega Speedmaster chronograph worn by Soyuz TM-27 cosmonaut Talgat Musabayev onboard the Mir space station (during LIVE Omega X-33 press TV broadcast) between January & August 1998 (207 days 12 hours in space).
(Photo: MoonwatchUniverse)
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·Very cool photos!
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·40 years ago... February 1984
Soyuz T-10 cosmonauts posed in their civil suits, note the Russian Poljot 3133 cosmonaut chronograph at the right.
(Photo: TASS/RKA) #MoonwatchUniverse
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Soyuz T-10 cosmonauts posed in their civil suits, note the Russian Poljot 3133 cosmonaut chronograph at the right.
(Photo: TASS/RKA) #MoonwatchUniverse
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·Photo above is the 2020, November 18 spacewalk... thus far I haven't spot any Omega during EVA since August 2022 when an X-33 was worn outside the International Space Station ! #MoonwatchUniverse
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Edit: More info
https://omegaforums.net/threads/250th-iss-spacewalk-no-more-speedmaster.145216/
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Edit: More info
https://omegaforums.net/threads/250th-iss-spacewalk-no-more-speedmaster.145216/
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DenisChalandier
·And you probably never saw one again. As said in your other topic, they stopped soon after the war. Russians will unlikely take it back. Maybe NASA will, but very unlikely too. They don't use watches for years now 🙁
I knew it's an old photo but maybe my favorite one ever 😉
I knew it's an old photo but maybe my favorite one ever 😉
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·Photo above is the 2020, November 18 spacewalk... thus far I haven't spot any Omega during EVA since August 2022 when an X-33 was worn outside the International Space Station ! #MoonwatchUniverse
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Edit: More info
https://omegaforums.net/threads/250th-iss-spacewalk-no-more-speedmaster.145216/
How did the X-33 do? As I understand it is not approved for EVA because the wild temp swings and solar radiation are bad with the battery and LCD...
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·Interesting feedback via the SWFG - Space Watches Facebook Group:
The Omega Speedmaster X-33 worn by cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev during the August 17, 2022 spacewalk ( 4 hours 1 minutes ) survived the ordeal !
(Photo: NASA)
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The Omega Speedmaster X-33 worn by cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev during the August 17, 2022 spacewalk ( 4 hours 1 minutes ) survived the ordeal !
(Photo: NASA)
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·I do not use Facebook but it was still running and keeping time properly?
Im sure the case and crystal can survive but most batteries are not happy after four hours at… -60? Under the suit warm there is no question in my mind it would be fine.
That would be truly amazing if it was fully functional with time(s) timers and alarms all still doing their thing with no lost time or errors.
Im sure the case and crystal can survive but most batteries are not happy after four hours at… -60? Under the suit warm there is no question in my mind it would be fine.
That would be truly amazing if it was fully functional with time(s) timers and alarms all still doing their thing with no lost time or errors.
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·It's not really -60°C for hours. At that temperature, even a mechanical Speed wouldn't last.
There is no conduction in space. So it's freezing very slowly. If quartz watches were not used in EVA, it mostly because it didn't exists. Then USA dropped using a Speed or any watches at all.
There is no real reason why a quartz wouldn't last. A correct 2024 quartz has a way better build quality than a 60's Daytona or Longines. Roscomos used to keep the habit of mechanical watches as a security if everything on the suits shuts down for a reason.
They are using whatever they have now. Even 1st GEN X-33.
There is no conduction in space. So it's freezing very slowly. If quartz watches were not used in EVA, it mostly because it didn't exists. Then USA dropped using a Speed or any watches at all.
There is no real reason why a quartz wouldn't last. A correct 2024 quartz has a way better build quality than a 60's Daytona or Longines. Roscomos used to keep the habit of mechanical watches as a security if everything on the suits shuts down for a reason.
They are using whatever they have now. Even 1st GEN X-33.
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·Thanks for the heads up... IMHO the Russian side of the Omega story has been neglected...
Although the (Soviet-) Russian cosmonauts have been using Omega chronographs since the 1970s...
December 1988 French cosmonaut Jean-Loup Chrétien juggled Speedmaster chronographs in micro-gravity aboard the Mir space station.
As this was Chrétien's second spaceflight, he had a special watch made for the CNES Aragatz mission: Yema Spationaute III
(visible at his right wrist)
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That's a fantastic photo for a Speedmaster fan!
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·Anatoli Nikolayevich Berezovoi, 1942 - 2014. Wearing Poljot chronograph. With Valentin Vitalyevich Lebedev, aboard the Salyut 7 station, 1982.
the 1990s model:
The first poljot is not the Berezovoy's watch.
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·2024, March 29... ISS Expedition 70
ISS Exp 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara wearing a Sokol space suit with the now well-spotted shiny large "Energia" logo chronograph over the left forearm near the white pressure control valve. These striking & large "Energia" logo dial chronographs were first spotted during the Soyuz MS-21 launch ceremony in March 2021.
The first idea to identify these tended to the "Strela" chronographs which have a similar lay-out but lack a full numerals dial.
These large "Energia" chronographs were also used during the August 17, 2022 spacewalk on the Orlan space suit of cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev.
(Photo: NASA)
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ISS Exp 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara wearing a Sokol space suit with the now well-spotted shiny large "Energia" logo chronograph over the left forearm near the white pressure control valve. These striking & large "Energia" logo dial chronographs were first spotted during the Soyuz MS-21 launch ceremony in March 2021.
The first idea to identify these tended to the "Strela" chronographs which have a similar lay-out but lack a full numerals dial.
These large "Energia" chronographs were also used during the August 17, 2022 spacewalk on the Orlan space suit of cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev.
(Photo: NASA)
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·2024, March 29... ISS Expedition 70
ISS Exp 70 NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara wearing a Sokol space suit with the now well-spotted shiny large "Energia" logo chronograph over the left forearm near the white pressure control valve. These striking & large "Energia" logo dial chronographs were first spotted during the Soyuz MS-21 launch ceremony in March 2021.
The first idea to identify these tended to the "Strela" chronographs which have a similar lay-out but lack a full numerals dial.
These large "Energia" chronographs were also used during the August 17, 2022 spacewalk on the Orlan space suit of cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev.
(Photo: NASA)
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·@sci
The Russians love their history, in 2016 we even saw this commemorative " Shturmanskie " (Navigator) version on the wrist of Sergeï Ryzhikov during Soyuz training for his ISS Expedition 49/50 mission.
Photo: TASS
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The Russians love their history, in 2016 we even saw this commemorative " Shturmanskie " (Navigator) version on the wrist of Sergeï Ryzhikov during Soyuz training for his ISS Expedition 49/50 mission.
Photo: TASS
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·Are those gold, or PVD TiN? The latter would make sense and actually something I was looking into- a PVD DLC (Diamond-like carbon) coating on D2 tool steel cases.
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