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Topic: Wristwatches on NASA missions (1962-72)
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Philip
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posted 07-21-2019 03:46 AM
   
Wristwatches worn on NASA spaceflight program as I see it, 1962 to 1972:Mercury program - 1962 MA-6 John Glenn wore a Heuer 2915 stopwatch strapped on his right forearm (R)
- 1962 MA-7 Scott Carpenter wore a Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaute chronograph with 24 hours dial at left wrist (L)
- 1962 MA-8 Walter Schirra wore his personal Omega Speedmaster CK2998-4 on his left wrist (L)
- 1963 MA-9 Gordon Cooper wore his personal Omega Speedmaster CK2998-4 on his left (L) & his Accutron Astronaut watch at right wrist (R)
Gemini program - 1965 Gemini III
Gus Grissom L= Speedmaster R= Accutron Astronaut
John Young L= Accutron Astronaut R= Speedmaster
- 1965 Gemini IV
Ed White L= two Speedmaster 105.003-64
Jim McDivitt L= Speedmaster R= Speedmaster
- 1965 Gemini V
Gordon Cooper L= Speedmaster
Pete Conrad R= Speedmaster and Glycine Airman
- 1965 Gemini VII
Frank Borman L= Speedmaster
James Lovell R= Speedmaster
- 1965 Gemini VI
Walter Schirra L= Speedmaster
Tom Stafford L= Speedmaster R= Speedmaster
- 1966 Gemini VIII
Neil Armstrong L= Speedmaster R= Longines Wittnauer Weems
David Scott L= Speedmaster
- 1966 Gemini IX '
Tom Stafford L= Speedmaster
Eugene Cernan L= Speedmaster
- 1966 Gemini X
John Young L= Speedmaster
Michael Collins none ? (R= Speedmaster underneath spacesuit)
- 1966 Gemini XI
Pete Conrad L= Speedmaster R= Glycine Airman
Richard Gordon R= Speedmaster
- 1966 Gemini XII
James Lovell R= Speedmaster
Edwin Aldrin R= Speedmaster
Apollo program - 1967 Apollo 1 Gus Grissom, Edward White, Roger Chaffee L= Speedmaster
- 1968 Apollo 7
Walter Schirra L= Speedmaster
Donn Eisele L= Speedmaster R= Speedmaster
Walter Cunningham L= Speedmaster - 1968 Apollo 8
Frank Borman L= Speedmaster
James Lovell R= Speedmaster
William Anders L= Speedmaster - 1969 Apollo 9
Jim McDivitt, David Scott, Russell Schweickaert L= Speedmaster - 1969 Apollo 10
Tom Stafford L= Speedmaster
John Young L= Speedmaster (L underneath spacesuit Speedmaster on JB Champion)
Eugene Cernan L= Speedmaster (L underneath spacesuit Speedmaster on JB Champion) - 1969 Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong R= Speedmaster
Edwin Aldrin L= Speedmaster
Michael Collins R = Speedmaster - 1969 Apollo 12
Pete Conrad L= Speedmaster
Alan Bean L= Speedmaster
Richard Gordon L= Speedmaster (R underneath spacesuit Speedmaster on JB Champion) - 1970 Apollo 13
James Lovell R= Speedmaster
Fred Haise L= Speedmaster
Jack Swigert L= Speedmaster (L underneath spacesuit Rolex GMT-master 1675 Pepsi) - 1971 Apollo 14
Alan Shepard L= Speedmaster
Edgar Mitchell L= Speedmaster (L + R underneath spacesuit Rolex GMT-master 1675 + 1675/3)
Stu Roosa L= Speedmaster (L underneath spacesuit Rolex GMT-master 1675 Pepsi) - 1971 Apollo 15
David Scott L= Speedmaster (PPK contained Bulova 88510 chronograph worn on the Moon)
James Irwin L = Speedmaster
Alfred Worden L= Speedmaster - 1972 Apollo 16
John Young L= Speedmaster
Charles Duke L= Speedmaster (L underneath spacesuit Speedmaster)
Thomas Mattingly L= Speedmaster - 1972 Apollo 17
Eugene Cernan L= Speedmaster (L underneath spacesuit Speedmaster on JB Champion)
Harrison Schmitt L= Speedmaster
Ron Evans L= Speedmaster (L underneath spacesuit personal Speedmaster 145.022; PPK contained Rolex GMT-master Pepsi 1675 carried to the Moon)
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1202 Alarm
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posted 07-21-2019 04:54 AM
Great job!In 1962 John Glenn had a Heuer stopwatch, not a TAG-Heuer. TAG was created in 1977, bought Heuer in 1985 from Piaget who acquired Heuer in 1982. |
Philip
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posted 07-21-2019 06:49 AM
Comments welcomed!It also looks like Evans third wristwatch was a personal 145.022 Speedmaster... corrections made! |
Philip
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posted 02-20-2020 06:24 AM
I have completed the listing for the Skylab space station missions: Note each of the Skylab 4 rookies took an extra personal wristwatch besides their NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster chronograph. 1973 Skylab 2- Pete Conrad, Joseph Kerwin, Paul Weitz L= Speedmaster
1973 Skylab 3
- Alan Bean L= Speedmaster
- Owen Garriott L= Speedmaster
PPK contained Seiko wristwatches
- Jack Lousma L= Speedmaster (L underneath spacesuit 2nd Speedmaster)
1973 Skylab 4
- Gerald Carr L= Speedmaster (2nd watch in PPK = Movado Datron chronograph)
- Edward Gibson L= Speedmaster (L underneath spacesuit 2nd Speedmaster – Mk II?)
- William Pogue L= Speedmaster and L underneath spacesuit Seiko 6139-6005 first automatic chronograph in space
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Lou Chinal
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posted 02-20-2020 08:20 AM
I think both Lovell and Cernan wore GMT masters on Apollo. |
Philip
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posted 02-20-2020 08:52 AM
Nope, Rolex GMT-master were only worn on Apollo 13, 14 and 17 as shown in the original listing. And on X-15 flights 188 and 190 by William "Pete" Knight in October 1967.
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328KF
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posted 02-20-2020 11:48 AM
Philip, the vintage Movado Datron watches I have looked at are automatics, so would this new find not result in a "tie" with the Pogue Seiko claim?I also recently found that Alan Bean retained a flown watch from his Skylab mission, but the make and model is unknown. |
Philip
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posted 02-21-2020 03:34 AM
Seiko Pogue and Movado Carr at equal height, that's correct.Skylab was an interesting time for wristwatches, indeed I know about the Skylab 3 rumours of Alan Bean watch (who wore his Gold Apollo tribute Speedmaster during training) and Owen Garriott taking up three (?) extra Seiko wristwatches. |
Lou Chinal
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posted 02-21-2020 07:51 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Philip:
Nope, Rolex GMT-master were only worn on Apollo 13, 14 and 17 as shown in the original listing.
Lovell was on Apollo 13 and Cernan on Apollo 17. |
Philip
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posted 03-18-2020 08:46 AM
Both Lovell and Cernan were seen wearing Rolex GMT-master during Apollo training but there's no evidence either of them took a Rolex up in space.There's only proof for Swigert on Apollo 13 and for Mitchell and Roosa on Apollo 14. Ron Evans' Rolex GMT-master stayed in his PPK aboard LM Challenger and returned to Earth on CSM America during Apollo 17. |
Gordon Eliot Reade
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From: Palo Alto, Calif.
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posted 11-27-2020 08:37 PM
Has the Rolex Daytona ever flown in space? Since Daytona is just south of Cape Canaveral you'd think it would've been a natural. |
Philip
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posted 11-28-2020 08:31 AM
Of course, a Rolex Daytona 6263 was flown on the wrist of astronaut Michael McCulley on shuttle Atlantis mission STS-34 in October 1989. Photos at the Moon Watch Universe. |
Gordon Eliot Reade
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posted 11-28-2020 06:25 PM
It isn't surprising that many of the early astronauts owned, trained with and occasionally flew with the Rolex GMT Pepsi. In the early 1960's US military PXs located in Europa and Asia often stocked the Pepsi and it sold for the relatively low price of about 120 dollars US. Now a new Pepsi will set you back about 20,000 dollars. Good Luck! |
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