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  1. Re:Jewelry by doggo · · Score: 1 · on Japanese and Swiss Watchmakers Scoff At Smartwatches

    The downside of heirloom mechanical watches is you usually can't afford them until you're middle-aged, so you don't get to benefit from their lifetime build quality for very long. And likely your kid will just sell your prized Aqua Terra to some middle-aged bargain hunting watch collector.

  2. Re:Wrist watch is for style, not gadget by EvilBudMan · · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: Wrist Watch For the Tech Minded

    Well if all he wants a toy for his wrist, I do believe they make those that fit up a little higher on your arm that will hold a smartphone. I'm sure Amazon sells them.

    If he wants a watch, the get a real one made by the Swiss. Get the "Jamse Bond" model. I'm sure it does plenty of geeky things, but hey spy tech costs money.

    http://www.omegawatches.com/

  3. Re:Douglas Adams Edition Pulsar by EvilBudMan · · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: Wrist Watch For the Tech Minded

    http://www.omegawatches.com/

    I actually have a better answer than Sigma. Wear the watch that James Bond wears.....

  4. Geek Cred Watch by the+eric+conspiracy · · Score: 1 · on Ask Slashdot: Wrist Watch For the Tech Minded

    Omega Speedmaster Professional.

    http://www.omegawatches.com/fileadmin/templates/images/img_product_presentation/gents_apollo15/03_rover.jpg

    Look closely at the left arm. Now that's product placement.

    Purely mechanical manual wind.

    Lovell used his to time the Apollo 13 burns when command module was powered down.

  5. Omega Speedmaster. by jabberjaw · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Looking for High-Tech Watches?

    Repeat after me Omega Speedmaster. You must own this watch. It is a work of art and I can almost guarentee that you will receive more comments about this watch than watch PDA/calculator/TV/telephone etc... O, you wanted a "geek" watch... well is this geeky enough for you? That is right, the Omega Speedmaster was the first watch worm on the moon. In addition it was present during the Apollo-Soyuz rendervouz and has since been the watch of choice for the Russian space agency. I could go on, but I think this information will suffice.

  6. Re:Hello, computer by mmontour · · Score: 1 · on Engineers Create World's First Transparent Transistor

    "Transparent Alumina" in the form of Optical Sapphire has been widely available for years. See, for example, Edmund Optics. It's also used in high-end wristwatches.

  7. No Breitlings on the moon by tdyson · · Score: 1 · on Watches for UberGeeks?

    NASA did not send astronauts to the moon with Breitlings.

    The offical issue watch was an Omega Speedmaster. There is some indication that non-offical Hamiltons may have also gone to the moon. Vintage Speedmasters cost about $2,000. A new one, with essentially the same look, but a newer movement is bit less. These watches are hand wound chronographs. The current NASA issue is either a G-Shock or an Omega Speedmaster X-33. Both use a quartz movement. Official NASA photos show astronauts wearing both.