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sputnik
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posted 08-13-2006 06:19 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for sputnik   Click Here to Email sputnik     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The first German in space, Sigmund Jähn on Soyuz 31 in November 1978, was wearing a Ruhla wristwatch. New in my space watch collection:

Here are two picture from the German "Raumfahrtausstellung":

For the use outside the spacesuit they were using a Russian Poljot Shturmanskie Chrono.

Philip
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posted 10-16-2017 09:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
45 mm diameter Poljot caliber 3133 chronograph was used between 1976 and 1983.

kyra
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posted 10-17-2017 10:37 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for kyra   Click Here to Email kyra     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Did he fly three of these for gifts for those on Salyut-6 including his commander, Valeri Bykovsky?

Philip
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posted 04-25-2020 11:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Indeed, Sigmund Jahn also gave a Ruhla Bemanntec Interkosmos wristwatch to Vladimir Kovalyonok and Aleksandr Ivanchenkov as these watches sit on their wrists during the Soyuz landing on November 2, 1978.

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