I’m at the ‘A Human Adventure’ NASA exhibition at the Queensland Museum and they have a display with Sir Charles Kingsford Smith’s watch from 1928, that Andy Thomas took aboard the shuttle Discovery when he went to the ISS in 1992. No brand to be seen, does anyone know it’s history? I’m guessing this is the oldest watch worn in space...
Copied from the Queensland Museum website - http://www.collections.qm.qld.gov.au/search.do?view=detail&page=1&id=1519337&db=object Brief Description: Square silver case, 29mm x 29mm. White dial luminous hands and numerals. Small seconds dial and hand at 8 o'clock. Brown leather strap perished. Bear (Swiss St. Silver Hallmark) Repairers MPRKS "R8678" "P7936" "P7326" "11/175" "27 1134PSDN" On case "117" Bear. On Movement "CYMA Swiss Made 15 Jewells". History and Use: This wrist watch and case belonged to celebrated Queensland aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith. Historians believe the watch was worn by “Smithy” during the first successful east-west crossing of the Atlantic and his record-breaking solo flight from England to Australia. The watch was given additional historic significance in 2001 when Australian astronaut Andy Thomas carried it on the space shuttle Discovery. Made in 1927 by Swiss manufacturer CYMA, the watch features a brown leather band, white dial and luminous hands and numbers. It is accompanied by a square, silver case.
Interesting indeed, but let's also remind readers about the 1933 Jimmie Mattern aviator wristwatch Neil Armstrong wore on Gemini 8 in 1966 https://omegaforums.net/threads/watch-id-in-1966-nasa-photo.70014/