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 Posted: Tue Jun 1st, 2010 08:08 pm
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You might like this, I learned some interesting facts.
http://www.watch-id.com/latest/articles/how-the-omega-speedmaster-became-the-moonwatch.html

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Good read....I did read a similar article a few yrs ago. Thanks for the post...Thumbsup3.gif

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Thanks for posting this.  Busted a few myths in the process!

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Nice and interesting. I've been reading a shorter story before, where the tests wasn't described as well as in this article.
Thanks for the link!
But at the end, what we all want to know is: What was the name of the brands who failed.
I guess that they wasn't named there, to avoid future accusations of deteriorating the image of those brands...

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thanks....very interesting ThumbsUp02.gif

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Hammerfjord wrote:
Nice and interesting. I've been reading a shorter story before, where the tests wasn't described as well as in this article.
Thanks for the link!
But at the end, what we all want to know is: What was the name of the brands who failed.
I guess that they wasn't named there, to avoid future accusations of deteriorating the image of those brands...

Good question, the only other one i understand that was tested was a Breitling.
maybe someone else has a better understanding of the others that were tested. homerthinks.gif

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Thanks for posting this Trent, interesting read Thumbsup3.gif

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Devin wrote:
Hammerfjord wrote:
Nice and interesting. I've been reading a shorter story before, where the tests wasn't described as well as in this article.
Thanks for the link!
But at the end, what we all want to know is: What was the name of the brands who failed.
I guess that they wasn't named there, to avoid future accusations of deteriorating the image of those brands...

Good question, the only other one i understand that was tested was a Breitling.
maybe someone else has a better understanding of the others that were tested. homerthinks.gif


Well, if I'm not having memory troubles due to all the cubic-meters of beer I injested in my life, I would say that I recall reading somewhere that a Rolex was involved...
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Last edited on Wed Jun 2nd, 2010 05:30 pm by Hammerfjord

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Ok, I found back this old post that I've been reading last year while I was researching about the Speedmaster...
It names the brands in the test as "Elgin, Benrus, Hamilton, Mido, Piccard, Omega, Bulova, Rolex, Longine and Gruen. Of theses only 3 where selected for the comparative evaluation testing :

Longines, Omega and Rolex (Omega movement : Omega 321 , Rolex movement : Valjoux 72 , Longines : Longines 13 ZN)


Here's the thread...
http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=132

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Good read and new for me, it was most interesting. Now here is another interesting fact.

"The Sturmanskie watch manufactured by the First Moscow Watch Factory was the first watch in space. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin wore this watch on April 12, 1961 when he became the first person in space."

Here is a good info link.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/sturmanskie-the-first-watch-in-space.html

 

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 Posted: Fri Jun 4th, 2010 09:31 am
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Neo, is it the same watch as Oscar sold a little while ago?

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 Posted: Fri Jun 4th, 2010 09:33 am
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Id have to see it, let me find a picture of the original........

Here we go

http://www.netgrafik.ch/space1.htm

http://www.squidoo.com/spacewatches#module2595167

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Last edited on Fri Jun 4th, 2010 09:36 am by ndburley

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