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  1. MWC 60 - German Waffen SS 1940s

    by , Jun 26, 2016 at 01:53 PM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)

    The Peenemünde Army Research Center, on the northern peninsula of the Baltic island of Usedom, was founded in 1937 as one of five military proving grounds under the German Army Weapons Office. It is widely regarded as the birthplace of modern rocketry and spaceflight.
    In 1940 the offices of the Waffen-SS ordered Lange & Söhne to develop an observation watch for measuring purposes, with hacking ...
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  2. ​Special Edition 7, Russia in Space

    by , Feb 15, 2016 at 03:47 PM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)

    Many different watches have been worn by ​Russian Cosmonauts, for example;
    ​On the first manned Space flight, Yuri Gagarin wore a Shockproof, water resistant Sturmanskie, these were based on a watch from the French firm Lip.
    In 1960 NII-Chasprom, a Science Institute based in Belarus, made a small number of Electro Mechanical watches for the Soviet space agency, they are very rare ...
  3. Special edition 3 1990s USA NASA Astronaut.

    by , Jan 5, 2015 at 08:43 AM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)

    All American Apollo astronauts were issued with Omega Speedmaster Professionals.
    They were worn by Edward H. White on the first spacewalk and Buzz Aldrin on the moon. The regular strap was changed to a long Velcro strap so it could be worn over the Space Suits.
    'Flown' Speedmasters have real historic interest and many are on display, however Buzz Aldrin's "Moon" watch was lost ...

    Updated Jan 19, 2015 at 11:31 AM by Churchy

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