Urwerk wears the space shuttle on his wrist A watch cleverly connects the Swiss manufacturer replica Urwerk with NASA's space shuttle and the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York.
The first iteration that eventually became the space shuttle appeared in 1968 as a whole launch and reentry vehicle system. Until April 12, 1981, the world's first reusable spacecraft reached orbit in the form of STS-1, piloted by John Young and Robert Crippen. Before the space shuttle, leaving the earth meant relying on the rocket technology born in World War II.
The appearance of the space shuttle fundamentally changed the way we travel to space, not to mention the establishment of the International Space Station. Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clark once said that "the space shuttle is to space flight what Lindbergh is to commercial aviation."
In the watch collection world, we often celebrate the intersection of clocks and early rocket programs; however, we rarely see the space shuttle, which is a technological feat that represents a huge leap in the US space program.
Until Urwerk enters the screen.
Collective Horology is a community of watch lovers based in California that worked with Urwerk co-founders Martin Frei and Felix Baumgartner to create a watch that translates the idea of r03;r03;a space shuttle launch and landing sequence into a watch. Urwerk is very suitable for such challenges, but they cannot do it alone. Collective Horology introduced the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, which is where the space shuttle company is currently located, to help develop this concept.fashion replica watches
The result is Urwerk UR-100V P.02 for Collective. Urwerk has demonstrated the ability to use Urwerk UR-100 SpaceTime to transform abstract astronomical concepts into wearable watch art. With the collective P.02, they will pay tribute to the first orbiting space shuttle Enterprise. It was tested in 1977 and paved the way for the entire plan that followed. The clichéd shuttle design may include black and white patterns or insulated tiles, but you wonr17;t find these on this Urwerk piece. From a visual point of view, the design was inspired by the meters on Enterprise.
The most interesting thing about Enterprise is that, apart from being named after the Star Trek spacecraft, it has never actually entered space. It was built for atmospheric test flights, so it does not have an engine. The "lift body" design of the space shuttle means that it is more like a glider than a powered aircraft. After the proof of concept was successful and installed on the Columbia space shuttle, the instrument was removed from the Enterprise. After serving at some point during Colombia's 28 missions, it was upgraded with a glass cockpit (screen instead of an instrument displaying important information), and the original instrument went into storage. Eric Boehm, Director of Aviation and Aircraft Restoration at Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, recorded all the original instruments reinstalled back to Enterprise in order to provide valuable insights for Martin Frei and Felix Baumgartner to start copying elements from the instruments on the swiss cheap watches.
The watch focuses on a very special aspect of the space shuttle experience, namely the take-off and landing sequence. To give you an idea of r03;r03;how difficult it is to land on the space shuttle, consider the following: the space shuttle is in orbit at a speed of approximately 17,200 mph, and it needs to slow down enough to land on the 3-mile runway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, which is more interesting The thing is, all of this happens when the earth rotates below it, so the approach sequence needs to be executed perfectly. Time is everything. In orbit, the space shuttle slowed down, reduced its orbital circumference enough to make contact with the upper atmosphere of approximately 400,000 feet, and used drag to further slow down, causing the S to turn to reduce speed and land safely.
And this is only half of the equation. To put the shuttle into orbit, a group of astronauts managed the energy generated by 1.1 million pounds of solid fuel in the booster, and then 1.6 million pounds of liquid fuel in the external tank were the space shuttler17;s three main engines before being abandoned Provide fuel.replica MB&F watches
On the left side of the watch is the "launch hole" where the three key stages of the space shuttle launch sequence are displayed. The green phase represents the period shortly after the space shuttle is processed for flight. This is the time for the final pre-flight inspection, and the launch decision is made by processing weather information from the National Weather Service, which operates the Aerospace Meteorological Group. Input from the 45th Meteorological Squadron of the US Air Force is also taken into consideration.
Next, the space shuttle entered the blue phase, starting from the moment the pair of solid boosters ignited. The guest of Talking Watches and the astronaut who shuttled the space shuttle twice, David Williams, recalled that the moment the booster ignited, r0;everything was shaking back and forth. It was a spectacular moment.r1; It was in this blue. In the phase, the space shuttle leaves the earthr17;s atmosphere. First, the space shuttle burned off two solid rocket boosters to counter the negative effects of gravity and the drag of the dense atmosphere near sea level. Then these solid boosters were abandoned and the main external fuel tank provided the additional fuel needed to reach orbital altitude.replica Grand Seiko Watches
Once the space shuttle reaches orbital altitude, it will enter the red phase. This is the last phase displayed on this aperture. At this stage, various mission objectives are performed, such as building the International Space Station or deploying the Hubble Space Telescope (and repairing it).
UR-100V P.02 is equipped with a 12.02 movement, which is a new type of movement specially designed for this watch. Felix Baumgartner, who designed it, said: "This new movement implements a redesign of the carousel. When they move continuously along the 60-minute scale, the hours are closer to the minutes. The result is easier and more intuitive reading of the time. "Reading time on such a complicated watch is still confusing, but fortunately, the watch comes with a very detailed technical manual, just like the beautifully designed 1,161-page space shuttle crew operating manual. The time on UR-100V P.02 does not have to be trained by NASA, but I bet that the person who buys this watch will not refuse to join the astronaut training team.replica GRAHAM LONDON watches
The focus of Calibre 12.02 is to place a carousel of time complication. It is made of polished and sandblasted anodized aluminum, while the screws are round polished, creating an interesting contrast. The rotor has a Windfänger mechanism to prevent the rotor from reaching excessively fast speeds.
This watch is retailed through Goldsmith & Complications, and the proceeds of P.02 for Collective totaling $50,000 will be donated to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.
It is a daunting task to transform this abstract but technical thing of an enterprise into a watch. Urwerk consistently redefines every version of modern watchmaking. When I talked to Intrepid director Eric Boehm about his involvement in this process, he pointed out that he did not know this level of watchmaking before, and that it is almost impossible for designers and engineers to come up with such a method and a technological miracle. But for watches, as for space, surprise is at the core of our work.replica Richard Mille RM 032
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