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perssj
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posted 08-31-2009 01:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for perssj   Click Here to Email perssj     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
As the pictures start to emerge now of Christer Fuglesang and STS-128 at the space station I see that he is wearing the Omega X-33 watch, but also another one. Does anyone know what brand the other watch is?

I was guessing on a Fortis, but it does not look like it. Or is it actually the sleep experiment?

Robert Pearlman
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posted 08-31-2009 01:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The watch is made by Halda Sweden and was specifically designed for spaceflight with Fuglesang's input.

perssj
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posted 08-31-2009 01:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for perssj   Click Here to Email perssj     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Many thanks Robert for your fast reply. I also see on another picture there is a Swedish flag on the band.

perssj
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posted 06-02-2011 05:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for perssj   Click Here to Email perssj     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Halda Space Watch presented in stores in Sweden

During STS-128 the Swedish astronaut Christer Fuglesang brought along a watch designed by the Swedish company Halda. The watch has been designed with the space traveller in mind, including different times of course (local, UTC, MET, all time zones around the world, stopwatch, countdown, timer etc.).

It also includes 3-axis accelerometer and event log for scientific use. Christer Fuglesang took part of the design process and added useful features. The watch is in two parts – one electronic module and one mechanical analogue module and they can be docked to a common platform.

The watch has been manufactures in 128 pieces.

The designer Mikael Sandström presented the watch during a world premier in Göteborg, Sweden.

Retail price: 85,000 SEK (approx. 13,200 USD)

Above: The designer of the Halda Space Discovery watch (to the right) presents the watch.

Philip
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posted 10-19-2017 10:38 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Halda "space module" was also worn by German ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst during ISS Expedition 41 in 2014...

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