posted 09-11-2013 05:25 AM               

From July 1993 to July 1994, 35 Omega Speedmaster Professionals were taken to the MIR space station to determine the long term effects of the zero-gravity on watch movements. Seven of them were gold, of which five were fitted with a leather strap and two with the gold bracelet. The remaining 28 were in stainless steel, of which 10 were fitted with a leather strap and 18 with stainless steel bracelet.

All in all, 18 examples of the watch shown were made.

Upon their return on planet earth, all watches were examined by Omega and subsequently sold to the general public, in a box that contained (amongst others) a certificate signed by cosmonauts Alexander Serebrov, Vasily Tsibliyev and Jean-Pierre Haigneré, the Moonwatch book and a videotape.

posted 09-11-2013 12:04 PM               

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Originally posted by Greggy_D:
I assume the cosmonauts had to wind all 35 watches every two days or so?

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