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Motorized Altman series watches appeared in 1957, mainly to provide accurate timing for racers. 1962, astronaut Walter? When WalterSchirra boarded the "Sigma 7" spacecraft to perform the project mercury mission, she wore a mobile Altman watch that she bought herself, which was the first Omega watch to go into space. (All the pictures in this article are edited and shot by Watchhouse, and all the pictures in this article are not allowed to be used without permission. )

But after two and a half years, the mobile Altman became the only watch that passed the rigorous test of NASA. 1965, NASA officially approved the mobile Altman watch as the designated watch for all its manned space missions, thus making the mobile Altman watch go down in history forever.

In order to praise the first Omega wristwatch that went into space, more than half a century later, Omega made a clever upgrade design on the basis of respecting the prototype wristwatch, paying tribute to the far-reaching historical space mission of 1962. Official model: 311.63.40.30.02.005438+0

The watch has a diameter of 39.7 mm, a brown polished ceramic bezel and a matte chromium nitride speed scale. On the milky silver dial, the luxurious brown minute circle echoes the inside and outside of the three small dials. The small dial is located at 3 o'clock, 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock respectively. At 3 o'clock, it is a 30-minute clock dial, at 6 o'clock, it is a 12 hour dial, and at 9 o'clock, it is a small second hand dial.

Is 18KSedna set on the watch dial? Gold rod-shaped three-dimensional time scale, the hands are all made of 18KSedna? A pointer made of gold and showing the shape of an alpha and a baton.

Watch upgrade adopts 18KSedna? Gold case with brushed and polished sides.

18KSedna？ The gold crown is embossed with Omega brand logo, and the side of the crown is provided with anti-slip texture, which is convenient for the wearer to operate the exquisite and compact crown. The top and bottom of the crown are respectively provided with timing start and pause buttons and timing return to zero buttons.

This extraordinary watch is paired with a brown leather strap with light brown stitching. The leather of the strap is soft and comfortable, which fits the wrist perfectly.

18KSedna？ Gold buckle with brand logo engraved on the outside.

The time scale, hour hand and minute hand are all covered with Super-LumiNova luminous coating, and the time can be easily read in dark environment.

The back of the screw-in watch is embossed with the earliest motifs of the hippocampus of the mobile Altman watch, and it is engraved with "THEFIRSTOMEGAINSPACE in Space" and "1October 3rd1962" (1962, 10.03). The watch is equipped with Omega 186 1 manual winding chronograph movement, which inherits the 86 1 movement of various lunar watches, and is rhodium-plated for corrosion resistance, wear resistance and aging resistance. The watch can provide 48 hours of power storage and 50 meters of waterproof depth.

Summary: The "First Omega Space Watch" of Omega Motorized Altman Series retains the classic alpha-shaped hands, symmetrical case and three small dark dials of the prototype, and on this basis, adopts 18KSedna? A new interpretation of gold and luxurious brown. On the basis of the prototype "professional" mobile Altman watch, it combines exquisite watchmaking technology and rare metal materials.