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Show your Jaeger LeCoultre (Jaegers & LeCoultres too)
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banshee
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SpeedyPhill
·Upcoming #Moonwatchuniverse article " First Watch"
How 65 years ago the NASA STG - Space Task Group for project Mercury concluded a cooperation with #LeCoultre to provide the very first official wrist watches to the NASA astronauts.
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How 65 years ago the NASA STG - Space Task Group for project Mercury concluded a cooperation with #LeCoultre to provide the very first official wrist watches to the NASA astronauts.
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spacemission
·Upcoming #Moonwatchuniverse article " First Watch"
How 65 years ago the NASA STG - Space Task Group for project Mercury concluded a cooperation with #LeCoultre to provide the very first official wrist watches to the NASA astronauts.
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Were these watches waterproof?
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SpeedyPhill
·@spacemission
Indeed, these "Mercury 7" LeCoultre were based upon the LeCoultre Quartermaster and NASA STG requested 3 features: anti-magnetic, no radioactive lume and waterproof (locking ring caseback).
These 34 mm stainless steel 24 hours dial & movement wrist watches were worn between September 1959 and October 1963... training & special events only.
Anyway LeCoultre watches became the very first official wrist watches for NASA astronauts!
Indeed, these "Mercury 7" LeCoultre were based upon the LeCoultre Quartermaster and NASA STG requested 3 features: anti-magnetic, no radioactive lume and waterproof (locking ring caseback).
These 34 mm stainless steel 24 hours dial & movement wrist watches were worn between September 1959 and October 1963... training & special events only.
Anyway LeCoultre watches became the very first official wrist watches for NASA astronauts!
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spacemission
·Indeed, these "Mercury 7" LeCoultre were based upon the LeCoultre Quartermaster and NASA STG requested 3 features: anti-magnetic, no radioactive lume and waterproof (locking ring caseback).
These 34 mm stainless steel 24 hours dial & movement wrist watches were worn between September 1959 and October 1963... training & special events only.
Anyway LeCoultre watches became the very first official wrist watches for NASA astronauts!
Thank you. Do you own anyone of these?
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spacemission
·I'm looking at. Lifetime main spring and caseback vostok style, interesting.
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SWmania
·My new JLC MUT 38mm. Love it. Freshly serviced from JLC
I need an ATMOS in my life...!!!
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Knebo
·Ahh, my favourite brand (am I allowed to say that on this forum??!!)
Here's my collection
Master Geographic
Memovox E875 Speed Beat
Memovox 3151 (this one is up for sale on C24 and eBey)
Here's my collection
Master Geographic
Memovox E875 Speed Beat
Memovox 3151 (this one is up for sale on C24 and eBey)
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SpeedyPhill
·Thank you. Do you own anyone of these?
Besides my printed article, Dutch-based Fratellowatches is going to bring an article about the very first officially NASA-issued astronaut watches (September 1959) based on the LeCoultre Quartermaster... long before Omega was issued in June 1965 😉
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gatorcpa
··ΩF InvestiGatorI think this is good place to link the discussion starter from several years ago:
gatorcpa
https://omegaforums.net/threads/want-to-see-a-real-astronauts-watch.72729/
gatorcpa ·
Thread 'Want to see a real astronaut's watch?' ·
You could have bought one last weekend:
From the Estate of Sen. John Glenn...
From the Estate of Sen. John Glenn...
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hant26
·Here my grande taille
