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Why The Speedmaster X-33 Matters

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Completed my X-33 collection journey with the pickup of my new Gen 3 Skywalker today. It joins my Gen 1 and Gen 2 X-33s. Fantastic daily. Even though it’s 45mm vs 42mm, it didn’t seem to wear that much bigger on wrist. Probably the same size as the G-Shocks I used to wear.

Was told by my OB that they hadn’t seen one in months and they weren’t able to order it anymore in their system. They had to do a store transfer to get me this one. Omega possibly getting ready for Gen 4?

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Nice trio!
Don't forget the poll! https://omegaforums.net/threads/x-33-skywalker-owners-is-yours-certified-or-qualified.142903/
 
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FratelloWatches just announced the first #SpeedyTuesday event of 2022... which will take place on 26 & 27 April in Bienne Switzerland
The announcement came with a picture of French ESA astronaut Jean-François André Clervoy who has been instrumental in giving input for the design of the Omega X-33 Skywalker version, which we have seen on the wrists of astronauts since 2014.
Will this be some kind of " 25 years X-33 Speedmaster " celebration ?
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1996: The Omega X-33 prototypes were space-flown onboard Columbia STS-75 and Atlantis STS-79
1997: October 20 - Omega shipped 23 generation-1 X-33 Speedmaster chronographs to NASA
1998: During the 8th Shuttle-Mir mission, Endeavour STS-89, the astronauts carried the Omega X-33 Speedmaster up to the Mir space station
1998: March 25 the Omega X-33 was presented as the " Mars watch " by Russian cosmonauts Nikolai Budarin and Talgat Musabayev during a Live Press meeting ...
1998: August 22 - Omega shipped another 27 X-33 Speedmaster chronographs to NASA
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Of course, besides " 25 years Omega X-33 " it could also be a more specific " 10 years Omega X-33 Skywalker " celebration
Developed since 2012 and flown onboard the ISS - International Space Station since 2014 (Alexander Gerst Soyuz TMA-13M)
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FratelloWatches just announced the first #SpeedyTuesday event of 2022... which will take place on 26 & 27 April in Bienne Switzerland
Was this on insta or their own site, can't seem to find anything?
 
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Was this on insta or their own site, can't seem to find anything?
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Announced on the STFG - SpeedyTuesday Facebook Group and discussed in the SWFG - Space Watches Facebook Group
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Announced on the STFG - SpeedyTuesday Facebook Group and discussed in the SWFG - Space Watches Facebook Group
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Aha, I/m not on FB anymore, will wait till tomorrow.👍
 
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Hands up if you’re an (actual) astronaut posting on OF.

Exactly.

Lots of aviators wear this watch. I also remember seeing a post about a guy who had it during several tours of duty.
 
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Probably not the most desired Speedmaster by collectors, but the X-33 is an important toolwatch in spaceflight since 1996 !
It's very interesting to learn about the history how NASA learned from their mistakes since 1965 (the first use of two different sites: Launch Control at the Cape in Florida and Mission Control at Houston in Texas), time is of the essence in spaceflight missions !
 
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Hands up if you’re an (actual) astronaut posting on OF.

Exactly.

Haha, yeah. I also think there's something to be said about Omega still producing the older generation components for astronauts.
 
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While most spaceflight fans are focused on the wrist watches used during EVA - spacewalk (reminder onboard the ISS we will soon see the 250th spacewalk to integrate, maintain & update the space station) almost nobody kept track of the number of X-33 flown 😗
 
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Do they actually matter though? Really?

Everyone takes something different away from the forum here. There is a group here, small as it may be, that follows and finds the topic interesting @Watch my Whisky you are obviously not one interested and that’s totally cool. I’m just not sure why you continue to interject your comments into posts that are of no interest to you other than to be petty.

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Hands up if you’re an (actual) astronaut posting on OF.

Exactly.

Not many astronauts post here. I’m only familiar with two that have active accounts with one posting occasionally in space watch related threads. Astronauts like watches too.

I do know other than the two with accounts almost every astronaut that has participated in my project has visited and poked around the forum, so yes they are around.
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We were all looking at the new Marstimer X-33 Speedmaster this week, and tonight, I realized that one of the PBS Newshour’s journalists, Miles O’Brien, wears a Gen 1 or 2 one! Pretty cool if you ask me.

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Lots of aviators wear this watch. I also remember seeing a post about a guy who had it during several tours of duty.

Have spent a lot of time around pilots of planes and helicopters from big to small even V22s and have seen many X-33s

Know of one unit of V22s that have them with their logo on the back. Chatted to the Commander of the unit in Hawaii at length about he’s. Actually have a patch and coin from the unit 😉
 
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Hello everyone!
I don't own one of these X-33 but I like the Skywalker, and some day I might pull the trigger, who knows?
In the meantime, as I always do, I'm doing my homework...
I've read the instruction manual and I'm ready to use this watch, with all those buttons and functions, but there's something I'm missing.
Probably, I didn't read the manual carefully enough.
My question is: when i set UTC and T1, how can I set the analog hands to show UTC or T1? I mean: do the hands show only the UTC? or I can set the hands to show T1 (or T2 if I like it)?
Thank you.
 
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Hello everyone!
I don't own one of these X-33 but I like the Skywalker, and some day I might pull the trigger, who knows?
In the meantime, as I always do, I'm doing my homework...
I've read the instruction manual and I'm ready to use this watch, with all those buttons and functions, but there's something I'm missing.
Probably, I didn't read the manual carefully enough.
My question is: when i set UTC and T1, how can I set the analog hands to show UTC or T1? I mean: do the hands show only the UTC? or I can set the hands to show T1 (or T2 if I like it)?
Thank you.

The hands show T1 only, the UTC is for reference and T2 for secondary time like that T1 is always visible whatever you are doing with the watch.
 
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The hands show T1 only, the UTC is for reference and T2 for secondary time like that T1 is always visible whatever you are doing with the watch.
On my Gen 2, IF I remember properly, I can set the hands to whatever time I want, regardless of T1 or T2.
For this, the trick is to first switch the display off (no digital showing of either T1 or T2) and then, I believe, you can set the hands however you wish (effectively creating a T3).
I will check later today and get back to you, unless someone else will have commented meanwhile.
 
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