Infinity & beyond: space watches!

[93EXCivic]

Sigmund Jähn wore a Ruhla Interkosmos on his 1978 Soyuz 31 flight

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It was one of two timing devices Ruhla made for this mission - a quartz timer for the experiments the cosmonauts were to perform, and a souvenir watch (the Interkosmos) he wore on his wrist and gave as gifts to the rest of the crew
More here:
https://ostalgieruhla.wordpress.com/...nd-the-kosmos/

The Ruhla on that mission was a Ruhla Quarz 32768 with a special dial.


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[OhDark30]

Thanks all!
I'll read through your overnight (to me!) contributions properly in a bit
Meanwhile, Cdr Hadfield's X-33 watch floats in zero g on the ISS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwOIggnU878

http://www.ablogtowatch.com/astronau...ga-x-33-watch/

[mlcor]

I suppose I should at least post a picture of my FOIS. You know, just for completeness.

[OhDark30]

Well, truth is certainly stranger than fiction!
Things I didn't know:
- LEDs in space
- Russian Zim on the moon
- issued Seiko LCDs on the Shuttle:



Thanks all for your contributions - fascinating links and some great pictures (love the FOIS, mlcor!)

I particularly enjoyed the piece on German astronaut Reinhard Furrer's special space Speedy - quite the WIS, he wore a Sinn 140, was most likely issued a Seiko A829, and acquired the 1978 astro Speedy. Thanks for the link, tempocalypse!


Reinhard Furrer, here wearing his Sinn (pic: spacefacts.de)

[OhDark30]

I'd love this thread to continue growing as a living reference to space watches.
Please keep adding links and pics (I'm going to PM some of you I'd love to hear from)



And would it be worth moving this to the Military/Pilot section so it's easier to search for in the future?

[Martin]

There's also a Dutch space watch, the RO1 space:


Worn by the dutch astronaut André Kuipers.

-edit- more info : http://www.ro1.nl/space/index.php/en

[OhDark30]

Thanks Martin!

Interesting features on that one: as well as an in-house shock absorber, the watch displays elapsed mission time and orbits completed. Kuipers had commented in the design phase that he'd found his sense of time confused in orbit on his first mission.
Trying to work out which bit displays what :-)

[DJW GB]

No pic's yet but i just found this amazing site OD there is so much info from launch sites to rockets and much more. DW.

http://www.astronautix.com/

[hayday]

One word: Snoopy






http://www.fratellowatches.com/speed...-42-30-04-003/

[popoki nui]

And would it be worth moving this to the Military/Pilot section so it's easier to search for in the future?

Maybe, but it at least needs to be a sticky, or in the library.