Mercury astro's watch found

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Interesting! Especially to watch and space enthusiasts.

Mercury astronaut's long-lost space-flown watch found in Breitling archives

Scott Carpenter wore it on 1962 on the second U.S. orbital human spaceflight.

www.space.com

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[blantyre]

Interesting. Looks as if NASA made go good choice by selecting the Speedy for the lunar missions. They don’t leak!

 

[ajkel64]

Nice that they found it after all this time. Sad that it is deemed beyond repair.

 

[FoolishMortal]

Nice that they found it after all this time. Sad that it is deemed beyond repair.

With that level of damage, if it were repaired, it wouldn't be the same watch.

 

[MarkM10431]

the article is inaccurate. Shepard, Grissom and Glenn wore Speedmasters. in fact, Grissom's speedy stopped on liftoff, while us USAF issued Bulova Accutron Hummed (pun intended) along

 

[MarkM10431]

Interesting. Looks as if NASA made go good choice by selecting the Speedy for the lunar missions. They don’t leak!

no they just tended to stop on launch and or lose the crystal while landing on the moon. In both cases, Bulova's saved the day.