Cosmic Timekeeping: Digital Watches in Space

[@IlluminatingWatches]

I’d did a deeper dive into the Omega X-33 (my own one) here -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpqyppyId9agqrM

[@lebowskiunderachiever3591]

Nice, very cool watch. I have a fascination with space travel and Mars !

[@IlluminatingWatches]

@@lebowskiunderachiever3591 nice!! I did a deep dive into the X-33 in particular that you may enjoy. Includes reference to the new Mars version of the X-33 (I want one!!!)

[@lebowskiunderachiever3591]

@@IlluminatingWatches Yeah, me too but the MarsTimer is so expensive.

[@IlluminatingWatches]

@@lebowskiunderachiever3591 yeh it’s a bit crazy - maybe one day :)

[@iandavidson99]

You deserve WHAYYYYYYY more subscribers! Such great content!

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Thanks man :) very kind!

[@garethsigrist8714]

I’ve been looking forward to this video and it did not disappoint! Knowing a watch went to space just makes it so much cooler 🚀 And this video helps show it doesn’t have to be a Speedmaster, there are so many space watches out there to suit almost any budget.

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Really pleased you enjoyed :) it’s getting the RIGHT speedmaster i.e. the X-33!

[@jaromirkrol3950]

Poland's Unitra Warel was, in fact, the very first digital watch to have ever left the Earth. It travelled to outer space years before the E-5 mentioned in this video. General - then major - Mirosław Hermaszewski wore the Warel during his mission in 1978. The general is, sadly, no longer with us, but he did tell me that he actually had taken two watches to outer space - the LED Unitra and a traditional mechanical watch (one of Rakieta's models, he thought, but he was not fully certain; what mattered to him above all, as a pilot, was that it would be a watch with a reliable second counter), in case that one of them turned out to cause any issues outside our planet. However, they both worked flawlessly.

[@roadgent7921]

Super detailed and informative. Thanks foe the upload.

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Thankyou! Really glad you enjoyed!

[@eastcoastwatchconnection7949]

Love how you provide recognition to the fellow WUS members!

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Always!

[@marcelovasconcellos6067]

So cool congrats. Happy New Year!

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Happy new year to you too! Thanks! 🙏

[@watchsixto]

Awesome work on finding all these watches definitely see a few I would like to have in my collection

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Thanks man. Fortunately lots of good material out there that had done a lot of the hard work for me!

[@zillsburyy1]

cool watches for sure!

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Definitely a rabbit hole I spent a long time down!

[@eastcoastwatchconnection7949]

I didn’t know about most of these!! You rock!

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Far too kind. Amazing how much the space topic comes up with watches!

[@KillingTimeWithNorman]

This video! Absolutely LOVED it. Great work as usual!

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Thanks man!! I enjoyed making this one. Working on enicar now so a short break from the digitals

[@KillingTimeWithNorman]

@@IlluminatingWatches ooooo! I actually have an Enicar arriving in about a week or two! Awesome!

[@andreyk.4900]

Also Elektronika 1 Pulsar watch from Soyuz 32 and Soyuz 35 was super cool. Actually it was a very first digital watch in space.

[@TechNoir333]

I found another fairly random/cool one whilst I was researching one the watches I have (thought you’d like to add this to your knowledge bank :) :- “The seiko RC-4000 series watches were so useful at the time that NASA gave them to the astronauts on the Space Shuttle "Atlantis" on Mission STS-43 in 1991, which allowed them to connect to a Macintosh computer and communicate with Mission Control via a Fax Modem, so they could send information and reminder alarms”

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Oh nice!! I didn’t know that one!

[@dastagerayan3039]

You did great job.

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Thankyou!

[@StorminNorvin]

I hope you get more subscribers. Your channel deserves it! Very cool content!

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Thankyou!! We’re getting there slowly!

[@michaelcompeau313]

Excellent work! Wow. So Damn thorough - very impressed, mate. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Thankyou! I’m really glad you enjoyed it!

[@brianmsahin]

I remember when I was about 17, I thought I'd brought my Casio to space! But, it was just that funny cigarette I tried. 😛🤣

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Ha ha I imagine there are a few with shared experience on that one!!

[@imveryharsh]

@05:37 , That protrek looks like a PAG-40

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Ooh could be - if we get confirmation you get the points for me being first!

[@davidrivera414]

Thank you for great videos I was so surprised to hear my name when you mentioning the casio I helped u identify you made my day sir 👍👍

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Ha ha you made my day much more when you told me the reference! Glad to hear you got a kick out of it

[@davidrivera414]

@@IlluminatingWatches thank you so much you have a loyal subscriber from here on

[@TechNoir333]

Another great video so informative, thanks ! ..you’ll be the worlds leading authority on digital watch history at this rate with the amount of research you must do :) ..did find myself wondering what happened when the Casio got ‘vaporised’ on re-entry though, i have visions of it disappearing into a ‘puff of smoke’ or something cool like that (which I’m sure it didn’t :)….great content/video as usual, genuinely look forward to them ! ..happy new year too ! 👍

[@IlluminatingWatches]

What a kind comment Thankyou!! Ha ha I don’t think he saw it with a slow motion Nooooo! Like a 90s action film. I think it was a presumption. It’s on his Twitter . Trust me - the real boffins put me to shame. I’m getting a good base across most areas though yes - which is why I really enjoy doing these - it’s an excuse to learn!

[@TechNoir333]

@@IlluminatingWatches lol that’s the kind of image I was thinking…slow mo, mouth open and then a puff a smoke :))

[@ELFrm184]

the unidentified watch looks to be a timex tw5m03400 100m variant

[@davidrivera414]

Now im curious about the soviet watches especially the Electronica watches especially the Musical ones

[@IlluminatingWatches]

I’ve done a video on soviet watches which may be a good start down that rabbit hole. Some good references in there

[@davidrivera414]

@@IlluminatingWatches nice

[@timtimecollector9808]

Great video as always. Interesting selection of watches in space. I was wondering what the actual effect of being in space is on a watch. I guess so long as it's in with the astronauts and not sent into the cold blackness of space the main differences are lack of gravity and air pressure 🤔☺️

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Good question. I have no idea! That’s my next google. Much appreciated as always. Look forward to your next video!

[@bartoszczajka6699]

Unitra Lubatrow digital Poland❤❤

[@indiananupam5715]

Bro great video. Please help me. Please tell me the difference between G-SHOCK G-5600UE-1DR - G1166 Vs G-SHOCK G-5600E-1DR - G671 Please tell me which one is new & what is extra the new one has. Please help me

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Not fully sure to be honest! When you check the specs side by side the only ones that jumped out at me were 29 vs 31 time zones (although same number of cities ) , 0.5 gram difference in weight and a slight difference in battery longevity. Don’t know for sure though!!

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Or could be the backlight. One is super illuminator LED whereas one is electroluminescent …

[@indiananupam5715]

@@IlluminatingWatches thanks a lot mate... U r like Jesus Christ to me.. Can u make a video over this watch discussion about it. It's a humble request. Happy new year

[@IlluminatingWatches]

No worries! Happy new year! I may do an episode on squares so will try to remember to reference this!

[@mason4354]

Could you identify Dustin's watch in stranger things season 3?

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Apparently is a 1981 armitron radio watch :) there were loads of these radio watches made in China from all sorts of brands. I cover in my 1980s Casio episode I think

[@mason4354]

@@IlluminatingWatches no way! That's really neat and I never would have guessed it was a radio watch. Thanks for your help dude

[@IlluminatingWatches]

@@mason4354 a pleasure!

[@laszloekovacs]

I anyone reading this goes to space, please bring a casio f91w with you.

[@IlluminatingWatches]

That would be a heroic move!

[@panosvrionis8548]

So?? There is no moon watches 😜😂😜 Astronauts were what ever they want 👻👻👻👻

[@IlluminatingWatches]

Ha so there are watches the are given to them by their agency and “personal watches”.