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The Omega Speedmaster Professional, otherwise known as the “Moonwatch”, is a manual winding chronograph introduced in 1957 and made famous by its selection by NASA for the Apollo Program. The Omega Speedmaster was the first watch worn on the moon, as Buzz Aldrin wore his Speedmaster 145.012 fitted with the Omega 321 caliber on 20 July 1969. (Neil Armstrong left his Speedmaster inside the landing module “Eagle” during his famous first walk). It is the only watch flight-qualified for EVA use by NASA. It is also the watch chosen for use in outer space by the Russian space agency NPO Energia.

When the step-by-step procedures of the Project Gemini space-walks were first mapped out, NASA realized that they did not have an approved wristwatch for space travel. The normal procedure of soliciting bids for the design, manufacture and testing of special “Space Proof” wristwatches was a time consuming process. To save time, NASA sent two systems engineers into downtown Houston “incognito” to purchase several reputable “off-the-shelf” chronographs to be tested for possible use in space. Contrary to popular belief, the choice of a manual-winding omega watch was unrelated to the assumption that zero-gravity conditions would have rendered a self-winding mechanism ineffective. The reason was much simpler: there were no automatic chronographs available at that time, the first ones being introduced in 1969 .

Five different brands of chronographs were purchased and returned to NASA for testing. The Speedmaster passed NASA’s numerous tests, which included exposure to extreme temperatures, vacuum, intense humidity, corrosion, shock, acceleration, pressure, vibration and noise, whereas the Rolex, Breitling, Bulova, Longines and Tag Heuer, notably, all failed.

The tests were completed on March 1, 1965. At the completion of the tests, three of the chronographs from different manufactures were still running, but only the Speedmaster had passed without any of the serious discrepancies encountered with the others. The Omega Speedmaster was adopted by NASA as the “Officially Certified Wristwatch For All Manned Space Missions.” At this point, Omega was completely unaware of these activities.

Today, all NASA-issued wristwatches are government property and must be turned in once the astronauts return to Earth. Astronauts are permitted to check out the watches before launch and take them home to familiarize themselves with the watch’s operation.



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Last year, when the clock and watch market entered was comprehensively prosperous, some people have predicted clock and watch froth being disillusioned. But the present, all these occurred. The clock and watch market luxurious had already been far away from people’s line of sight, the exquisite excellent scheduling technique will return the clock and watch stage.

After step other profession’s dust, the wristwatch froth already was also disillusioned. Is disillusioned the injury which creates also to be unable the quantification – - situation to be very also ugly clearly now – -, because vibrates complementary waves still in the entire profession reverberation. Some people hoped that sihh (Geneva high-quality clock and watch exhibition) could end in January the abjective report; Another some people waited for 8 day-long Barthel world table exhibition’s conclusion was unpleasant these clears off.

??How we arrived at so the region, to this collapse edge? Looked from the actual data that very discrete fh (Swiss Wristwatch replica watchesFederation) estimated that only in January, 2009, the Swiss wristwatch export reduced 21.5% (please to note, these data reflection was merely customs’ statistics). This means that compares in January, 2008, little exported 860,000 to show, loses reaches as high as 227,000,000 Swiss francs. Some people thought that the high-level table market has not come under the global decline influence, but the fact is not true obviously. Surpasses 3000 Swiss francs (export price) the wristwatch performance indeed compares other wristwatch to be friends with a spot, but their export still reduced 14%.

??A market – - has not seemed at least is this – - can escape by luck completely. China, this everywhere is the gold place has also shrunk 42.6% regarding the Swiss wristwatch, but Singapore slid has surpassed 60%; Swiss wristwatch’s third big market Japan, dropped 24.2%; The US was worse, fell 28.5%. Hong Kong is not only the Swiss wristwatch’s collection and distribution center, is also the biggest market, the range of fall also achieves 12%. Russia’s range of fall has surpassed 50%.

??Europe gloomy appears fairly good somewhat in one piece, France dropped 5.5%, Germany 8.3%. Looks like the dissimilarity which initially expected. What the Swiss table import slides is most serious is these loans the financial crisis and the room the crisis to affect the biggest country: Dropped 18.7% to Spain’s export, reduced 13.9% to Britain. What European only stands erect not but actually deeply loves wristwatch’s Italy, rose 0.6%– this is a small comfort slightly, but perhaps is also temporary.

??We ask once more: How do we are arrive at today’s region?

??Clock’s and watch’s McDonald Douglas husbands

??The clock and watch  Panerai replica Watchesindustry and many other markets are the same, in this ponzi (Pang) played has played the dangerous role. Many scheduling (, but all people likely pull the frog which seals in the Dan fable to be the same by no means), goal driven which is shortsighted, brings the superelevation profit by the high-quality wristwatch to confuse. They expand, expand again, until explodes.

??We can see this kind of expansion clearly in wristwatch’s design the tendency. Just like the American automobile producer is the same, the scheduling felt they need to make “the appealing attention” special on wrist thing. The wristwatch become bigger and bigger, the unprecedented hugeness, unprecedented crazy, unprecedented showing off as well as unprecedented magnificence.

??“countryside art calmly is carrying on.”When I quote in another column one

When position scheduling words, scheduling art already stood the control tower which makes noise, and is tracking down more charm. The wristwatch industry tries to change, becomes the pornography, is sexy. Therefore, the luminescent spot one after the other starts to shiver, finally extinguishes.

 

??Human society’s story always repeatedly self-redundant. As if we can only, in dances with joy in the samsara which and feels dejected to go forward. The clock and watch industry looks like other professions to be the same, in the future certainly will go out the noun which finally this darkness – - perhaps any other you will like – -, but nobody knew when this will be. On the other hand, some matter is affirmative, when it from this time dispirited gets rid, will discover oneself will locate environment and before completely was already different.

??One time change

??Compared the mid-1970s most serious clock and watch industry crisis (previous crisis is technical question completely, “old-style” mechanical table underwent 10 year change to be able to snatch market, turned inexpensive wristwatch and economy product quartz table), what the present crisis were more was in a cultural sudden change, it symbolizes the permissivism hegemony end. The so-called market economy is the multi-purpose laws also is only lets the superluxurious scheduling and between the fashionable populace market gap is getting deeper and deeper. Between two extremes, will be very difficult to have anything to preserve.

??nicolasg.hayek already feels this gap existence the danger. Predecessor fh president franoishabersaat before the froth starts the inflation also has perceived. He often declared that Switzerland should not neglect the jobbing market, but nobody listens to him nearly. Afterward confirmed that when the Swiss industry big area gives up the jobbing market, the middle class is also exploited seriously.

??While to high-end luxury goods rapid advance’s, nicolasg.hayek still calmly continued in production management diligently. He knew that this Pyramid must establish above the industry foundation, but this foundation must enough be reliable greatly enough. This foundation work enables hayek to reconstruct breguet (valuable baroque pearl) the brand, and advances this brand Pyramid’s peak. Moreover, this foundation work also causes this group to compare other companies in the present storm to be able the endure trials.

??We are willing to believe that when we withdraw from this crisis, the present condition will change completely. The survivor will become quite discrete, but the scheduling industry will become more reasonable, or, will have more substantive contents, and will obtain more reasonable balanced in the performance-to-price ratio. But, the good matter should not deny. Under this quite stern situation, we will still discover the innovation and the research and development.

??Froth product

??In the froth apex, many creative and the hope brand appeared. But in this time, the froth was disillusioned. What these “will the froth product” face? Their destiny has not lost contacting with the scheduling industry future. Because in these young enterprises, we will discover the great innovation ability. The new brand can not but kill a bloody road in the jungle, seeks for the little light under the huge shadow, in increases in the new blood’s process for the scheduling art to double diligently diligently. Many brands intelligently design the concept and the computing equipment unify in together, developed the new solution



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