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·Berezovoy's poljot watch during T5. POLJOT with sheriff font, 23 jewels in latin and US SR at 6.
Hidden gems from the Russian Space photo archives
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SpeedyPhill
·Phil, what do you mean by "two push buttons"? They all have two...
John Young trained two years with an Omega Speedmaster 105.012 which was missing the lower button. Moreover, many astronauts didn't care about the Tachymètre bezel, which was useless in space...
December 1966, during Project Gemini NASA astronaut feedback, the astronauts wanted a more practical Speedmaster, better legible dial and a "60 seconds" bezel... In May 1970 this feedback was repeated after the Apollo 13 mission and it took one more year until NASA finally came with a practical "60 seconds" Speedmaster for the prime & backup Apollo 15 crews...
More on that story soon...
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J!m
·Ah, okay. I’m familiar with those stories.
I was thinking he had a factory made single or triple button watch that I wasn’t aware of.
I was thinking he had a factory made single or triple button watch that I wasn’t aware of.
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SpeedyPhill
·May 2026, Russian cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchov & Sergei Mikayev conducting a 6 hours 5 minutes long EVA-spacewalk to mount a solar radiation experiment on the Zvezda module.
Note they wore the new black dial Konstantin Chaykin Space Conqueror 2 wrist chronographs with matching color straps as the lines on their space suits:
Red-striped Orlan MKS n° 7 Sergei Sverchkov with broad red watch strap
Blue-striped Orlan MKS n° 6: Sergei Mikayev with broad blue watch strap
The chronograph with modified Poljot movement is commercially available.
(photos: NASA/Konstantin Chaykin)
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Note they wore the new black dial Konstantin Chaykin Space Conqueror 2 wrist chronographs with matching color straps as the lines on their space suits:
Red-striped Orlan MKS n° 7 Sergei Sverchkov with broad red watch strap
Blue-striped Orlan MKS n° 6: Sergei Mikayev with broad blue watch strap
The chronograph with modified Poljot movement is commercially available.
(photos: NASA/Konstantin Chaykin)
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J!m
·Best I can tell, this is what the front looks like...
I can't access his web site and he is better known for his "face" watches that are all over the net.
I don't know, but I guess the tiny sub-dial is a day counter?
I can't access his web site and he is better known for his "face" watches that are all over the net.
I don't know, but I guess the tiny sub-dial is a day counter?
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Ron_W
·Not a very special movement ;
Caliber K.20-5, hand-wound, based on a modified Poljot 3133 ( val 7734 ) movement; 60 components produced by the Manufacture; lever escapement; balance frequency 21,600 vph; 25 jewels; 45-hour power reserve; rate accuracy −15/+15 seconds per day.
But nicely finished
Caliber K.20-5, hand-wound, based on a modified Poljot 3133 ( val 7734 ) movement; 60 components produced by the Manufacture; lever escapement; balance frequency 21,600 vph; 25 jewels; 45-hour power reserve; rate accuracy −15/+15 seconds per day.
But nicely finished
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·Best I can tell, this is what the front looks like...
I can't access his web site and he is better known for his "face" watches that are all over the net.
I don't know, but I guess the tiny sub-dial is a day counter?
This first edition is called Conquerer and here is some more info ;
The first stage involved the Space Conqueror. In April 2021, two prototypes were delivered to the orbital station. One remained inside the station for testing, while the other accompanied cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky during spacewalks on June 2 and September 9.
From ;
https://watchoverviews.com/konstantin-chaykin-sc02c
https://www.timekeepers.club/articles/novelties/konstantin-chaykin-s-watch-made-it-into-space
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·And one more source showing a cosmonaut wearing both test watches inside ISS ?
https://usa.watchpro.com/konstantin-chaykin-makes-giant-leap-as-its-watch-goes-on-a-spacewalk/
https://usa.watchpro.com/konstantin-chaykin-makes-giant-leap-as-its-watch-goes-on-a-spacewalk/
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SpeedyPhill
·Besides, June 2, 2021, my files already have Novitsky wearing it on September 3, 2021:
2021, September 3, ISS expedition 64/65 crew member, MS-18 Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky wore a Konstantin Chaykin chronograph strapped over the red-striped Orlan MKS n° 5 EVA-suit.
2021, September 3, ISS expedition 64/65 crew member, MS-18 Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky wore a Konstantin Chaykin chronograph strapped over the red-striped Orlan MKS n° 5 EVA-suit.
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SpeedyPhill
·During the VKD-48 on June 2, 2021 besides the Konstantin Chaykin chronograph on the left wrist, cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky also wore a manual winding Omega Speedmaster chronograph on his righthand wrist.
Just saying... it's an OMEGA forum after all 🤨
(screenshot NASA EVA coverage)
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Just saying... it's an OMEGA forum after all 🤨
(screenshot NASA EVA coverage)
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·Celebrating my favorite subject on Omegaforums.net ... the practical "60 seconds" bezel !
I would like to point out that the practical "60 seconds" bezel was also appreciated behind the Iron Curtain for at least 15 years... although the exact number of Omega Speedmaster Alaska Project II Speedmaster chronographs delivered to Russia is unclear (rumoured 4), there's a whole story to be told... soon!
(MoonwatchUniverse/Omega/TASS)
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I would like to point out that the practical "60 seconds" bezel was also appreciated behind the Iron Curtain for at least 15 years... although the exact number of Omega Speedmaster Alaska Project II Speedmaster chronographs delivered to Russia is unclear (rumoured 4), there's a whole story to be told... soon!
(MoonwatchUniverse/Omega/TASS)
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J!m
·I wish Omega would release that dial (and bezel) in a Speedmaster for the great unwashed...
Even black like the prototype (my preference anyway) or a reverse panda with white or silver subdials.
YOU LISTENING OMEGA!?!?!?
Even black like the prototype (my preference anyway) or a reverse panda with white or silver subdials.
YOU LISTENING OMEGA!?!?!?
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hen
·Margaret Hamilton, developer of NASA's onboard software, recently died.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(software_engineer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamilton_(software_engineer)
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·FYI: Lewis Watch has an Alaska project LE available right now.
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