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Topic: Omega Speedmaster space chronographs
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SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 5439
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-22-2022 10:16 PM
   
Has there been any examples of the Speedmaster Skywalker X-33 Solar Impulse flown to orbit?
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CMD_OVRD
Member Posts: 84
From: Dallas, TX
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 03-23-2022 10:13 AM
I tend to look at all of the watches that crews are wearing. I don’t know of anyone who’s worn or flown an X-33 Solar Impulse on a space flight. |
Gordon Eliot Reade
Member Posts: 261
From: California
Registered: Jun 2015
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posted 03-06-2023 09:02 AM
Now that space launches are becoming much more prevalent I’d like to see Omega bring back the Telemeter bezel on the Speedmaster. A Telemeter is graduated according to the speed of sound and is used to measure the distance between the observer and a distant event that can be both seen and heard. Examples include, but are not limited to, enemy artillery, lightning and of course rocket launches. This is nothing new to Omega. They produced Speedmasters with Telemeter Bezels in 1960 and 61. I was thinking about this last year as I watched a night launch of a Falcon 9. From the parking lot of the Holiday Inn Cocoa Beach I could see the sky light up at ignition and then, second later, I could hear the rocket roar. But how far away was I? And so, Omega Watch Company people, if you're reading this please take note. There are those of us in the space collecting community who want to see the Telemeter bezel revived. |
Philip
Member Posts: 6306
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 03-08-2023 09:44 AM
The Gemini astronauts were asked feedback about their NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster and their common remark was to have a practical bezel as the Tachymètre bezel is of no use in space.A practical 60 minutes bezel would be ideal and NASA had a set of these practical "60 minutes" bezels custom-made, which were worn by half-a-dozen astronauts during training between 1970 and 1975 (Scott, Worden, Brand). Omega did use a 60 minutes bezel on the 1972 Alaska II white dial Speedmaster! |
MartinAir
Member Posts: 432
From:
Registered: Oct 2020
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posted 06-10-2023 05:12 PM
Believe this is worth sharing: Everything We Know About The Record-Breaking Omega Speedmaster Caught In Controversy A record-breaking vintage Omega Speedmaster is now the subject of an investigation and alleged criminal activity, including by three former Omega employees. The watch, a tropical Omega Speedmaster ref. 2915-1 "Broad Arrow," originally made headlines when it sold for a record-breaking $3.4 million at Phillips in November 2021.As you might've seen, the news began in April when Perezcope published his findings related to the tropical Speedmaster. But on June 1, a report by Zurich newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) detailed a criminal series of events that resulted in a "Frankstein" watch made of disparate parts from various vintage Speedmasters appearing at auction. Omega has said the watch was the subject of an organized criminal effort by a group of conspirators, including three former employees, among them the former head of the Omega Museum and Brand Heritage. In separate statements, both Phillips and Omega have said they were the joint victims of organized criminal activity. |
CMD_OVRD
Member Posts: 84
From: Dallas, TX
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 03-17-2025 12:50 AM
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Originally posted by SpaceAholic:
Has there been any examples of the Speedmaster Skywalker X-33 Solar Impulse flown to orbit?
Old topic, but I noticed that an Omega Speedmaster X-33 Solar Impulse finally made it to orbit with Crew-10. NASA astronaut Nichole Ayres can be seen wearing one on a leather strap during preflight activities and during the welcome ceremony onboard ISS last night. I’m not 100% sure, but it also appears that she wore it over her suit glove for launch and docking on an extended strap. Being a watch guy, I’m always on the lookout for who’s wearing what. Many astronauts and some cosmonauts have worn the X-33 Gen 2 on the outside of their pressure suits. Some U.S. astronauts flying on Soyuz have worn the X-33 Skywalker underneath their suits for launch and entry. As far as I know, Michael Lopez-Alegria is the only other astronaut to wear an X-33 Skywalker (non-Solar Impulse) on the outside of his SpaceX suit during the Axiom-1 launch. Then there’s that one cosmonaut that wore an X-33 Skywalker on the outside of his suit during an EVA!!!! No details on how that particular watch fared. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 54240
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-17-2025 10:33 AM
Here are a couple of screenshots of Ayers' watch: 
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CMD_OVRD
Member Posts: 84
From: Dallas, TX
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 03-17-2025 11:05 AM
Thanks for posting the pics. Here are a couple from prior to the launch. Hard to get a good view from inside the Dragon, but it's obviously the same hands and case shape.  
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