?is that a clue?

 

Dool. I'm in.

 

...stopped by the local OB tonight and the staff was amazed that our community already had the reference number of this piece... and as a result, I got to take a look at the (in)famous extranet as well!!
Still no picture though, haha.

 

What if the gold in the watch that everyone is complaining about is going to be white gold and the actual watch would look pretty similar to this one!

 

The bezel is Moonshine gold, that's confirmed. That is a pale yellow gold.

 

Yes but will I need a black light to see it?

 

Well, if they have gone through certification testing then why not, but it would surprise me if they passed, especially with respect to single event effects (of cosmic radiation). Using COTS electronic circuits in space is not a trivial design matter. A mechanical watch isn’t going to suffer timing errors due to radiation effects.

http://microelectronics.esa.int/finalreport/RHBD_Execsum.pdf

https://nepp.nasa.gov/docuploads/392333B0-7A48-4A04-A3A72B0B1DD73343/Rad_Effects_101_WebEx.pdf

 

DW-5600C, DW-5600E, DW-5900, DW-6900 and G-9000 are all flight certified by NASA

 

Is this documented somewhere?

 

C‘mon now RP, be honest, it’s your crystal balls that are leaking.

It’s getting clearer, I can see a

Speedmaster Pro.

 

I read it here http://www.g-street.com.au/2017/04/g-shock-in-space-nasa-approved/

 

I‘m a big fan of original engineering Test Reports, preferably from NASA or one of its first tier sub-contractors, rather than second hand info from watch sites. Qualification testing for intra-vehicle, low earth orbit (before the Van Allen belts) application might not be as stringent as EVA or longer-range missions. Alternatively NASA might have simply performed a FMEA and determined them to be not hazardous to flight, therefore permissible.

 

Agree, just reporting something i read.

 

No worries. I wasn’t questioning whether the things are in space (clearly they are), just surprised that commercial grade Personal Electronic Devices could pass a deep(er) space Qual test. Hell, most of the COTS electronics I see wouldn’t even pass commercial airliner flyable part qualification.

 

I agree. I also prefer the romanticism of the original mechanical timepiece rather than a digital one, in space!

 

G-Shock and/or Speedmaster; sounds like a question to ask an actual astronaut, at Robert-Jan Broer’s next Speedy Tuesday event maybe .

 

Just came across this Speedy. I known it's not Moonshine gold but could be a nice way to visualize the bezel look.

 

I've been thinking that over the last couple of months a lot of people have been getting their panties in a bunch over the launch of one watch, but are there any significant updates to other watches in the line up? I've not seen anything on other new models or updates, but I would welcome a deep black PO in 43.5mm size, perhaps even with a ceramic bracelet.

 

I have been told by my AD that there will be at least one new PO with an orange bezel! He can't give anymore details.

 

You've been thinking too much if it's come to this ....

PS: one thing they have in common is the A11 50th is nearly invisible too