Do you think Rolex should have tried a little harder to

[Kapture1]

be approved by NASA?

it's Rolex, they could have. They hold the highest and lowest records on the surface of the earth.

Should they have tried to get it? (I say tried, I have no doubt if they wanted the title, they would have it)

[Luxe Time]

No. I think they are more concerned with our approval over Nasa's!

[Kapture1]

Originally Posted by connecticutrolex

No. I think they are more concerned with our approval over Nasa's!

It would have made them the ultimate Explorer.

Right? Isn't that what they pride themselves on?

[esm]

If my memory serves me right - I thought Rolex have tried and the watches Rolex supplied to NASA for test all failed.
The Speedy Pro passed the test and they were the ones bought from the shops, were supplied by Omega.

[Onikage]

Maybe they didn't see the point? Spacewatches? Under a spacesuit? LOL

[rolexsubdate]

Technically speaking, a watch can be a g-shock and survive in space. In fact it will survive a 1000 time longer than it would on earth because it is a pristine environment.
Yes, some direct solar radiation might make your dial lose color a little faster.

And again, I don't want my watch to be associated with people who just sit on their asses and let a machine take them back and forth, like the space shuttle or the lunar module, even monkeys can do that. Even though it takes guts to do that I will give them that but space is no threat for a watch.

I like my watch associated with achievements that take your breath away, literally, like climbing Everest or crossing Antarctica....

[Tools]

Originally Posted by esm

If my memory serves me right - I thought Rolex have tried and the watches Rolex supplied to NASA for test all failed.
The Speedy Pro passed the test and they were the ones bought from the shops, were supplied by Omega.

Nope........... Rolex never provided any watches for NASA to test ..

We have the NASA '60s tests over in the Omega Boards..

[Kapture1]

Originally Posted by Onikage

Maybe they didn't see the point? Spacewatches? Under a spacesuit? LOL

Speedmaster was worn over the suit via long velcro strap.

Due to increased pressure on congress from Bulova for an American watch for NASA, NASA tested again just prior to the last moon landing. Rolex knew what the tests were, why not then?

[Kapture1]

Originally Posted by rolexsubdate

Technically speaking, a watch can be a g-shock and survive in space. In fact it will survive a 1000 time longer than it would on earth because it is a pristine environment.
Yes, some direct solar radiation might make your dial lose color a little faster.

And again, I don't want my watch to be associated with people who just sit on their asses and let a machine take them back and forth, like the space shuttle or the lunar module, even monkeys can do that. Even though it takes guts to do that I will give them that but space is no threat for a watch.

I like my watch associated with achievements that take your breath away, literally, like climbing Everest or crossing Antarctica....

And landing on the moon doesn't end up in that list of mans greatest achievements and explorations?

It's not tested for surviving in space alone, it has to survive getting to space first, isn't that where the Rolex watch failed the initial tests?

[esm]

Originally Posted by rolexsubdate

And again, I don't want my watch to be associated with people who just sit on their asses and let a machine take them back and forth, like the space shuttle or the lunar module, even monkeys can do that. Even though it takes guts to do that I will give them that but space is no threat for a watch.

So... Based on your "principle".. Can you remind us again how the water resistance test was carried out on a CX Swiss Military Watch 20'000 FEET watch?

Originally Posted by Tools

Nope........... Rolex never provided any watches for NASA to test ..

We have the NASA '60s tests over in the Omega Boards..

Oops... Sorry boss. I must have read a wrong article or mixed up with a different event...

[Yazo]

Hmmm I thought neither Omega or Rolex knew of the tests as they were supposedly extremely secretive?

[jlee5050]

I heard that it was automatics didn't function right in zero gravity and the initial requirement was that the watch be manual wind.

[SkyKing31]

Who cares what nasa approves .. Rolex has proven the best in land, sea and air .. Thats good enough for me

[esm]

Originally Posted by SkyKing31

Who cares what nasa approves .. Rolex has proven the best in land, sea and air .. Thats good enough for me

Question - Based on what and against which?

[Onikage]

They look better in land, sea and air :p
So NASA decided Rolex couldn't survive a trip to the moon? A journey in a vehicle then into an environment where nothing can bloodywell harm it?

[rolexsubdate]

Originally Posted by Kapture1

And landing on the moon doesn't end up in that list of mans greatest achievements and explorations?

It's not tested for surviving in space alone, it has to survive getting to space first, isn't that where the Rolex watch failed the initial tests?

Landing on the moon is one of the greatest achievements of mankind but it has nothing to do with the tech ability of the watch. what does the watch itself do to deserve its space worthiness?

Samething with the GMT master .. strapping it onto the wrist of Chuck Yeager was just clever advertizing. A watch from Walmart would have survived and come out as famous... only Rolex got their first... forget survive .. there is nothing to survive in the cockpit, you just sit and go ...

The watch itself has to have some technical merit and I only see the dive watches as having that .. They are built to withstand a certain depth without getting crushed ...

[rolexsubdate]

Originally Posted by esm

So... Based on your "principle".. Can you remind us again how the water resistance test was carried out on a CX Swiss Military Watch 20'000 FEET watch?
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It was done in a pressure chamber, like all modern watches.

[rolexsubdate]

Originally Posted by Kapture1

.....
It's not tested for surviving in space alone, it has to survive getting to space first, isn't that where the Rolex watch failed the initial tests?

Maybe I am missing something here but sitting in a capsule of the spaceshuttle, what is the threat on the watch? You are at homelike conditions, temperature wise and pressure wise.

I have seen plenty astronauts wearing analog and digital watches in space -- well they are actually insulated inside the security of the cockpit and had it not been for the effect of weightlessness, these people would not be able to tell if they are in space or in their own bedroom...

Now unless Rolex was trying to actually attach the watch to the outside, like they did with the DS Special, that's something else...

[xjeeunitx]

As far as I'm tracking, NASA randomly bought watches right out of the store for testing. No watch company "supplied" any watch. Out of the many watches, a Rolex watch was tested and failed.

[rolexsubdate]

Originally Posted by Onikage

They look better in land, sea and air :p
So NASA decided Rolex couldn't survive a trip to the moon? A journey in a vehicle then into an environment where nothing can bloodywell harm it?

That's exactly my point ... I think Omega got there first. Plus space is so out of reach experience for people that no body cares even if your watch can survive a blast from a Supernova or kept ticking on the surface of a black hole... space and its entities are beyond imagination for 99.9999999% of the world pouplation ... BUT WATER, everyone can relate to... We can fathom depths of the ocean far better than how many miles are in a light year or ow big the sun really is compared to the earth ....

[TKB]

somebody post a link. i am interested in some facts. great topic!

[rolexsubdate]

Originally Posted by SkyKing31

Who cares what nasa approves .. Rolex has proven the best in land, sea and air .. Thats good enough for me

Exactly ... screw NASA ... and what ever watch passed their tests, it probably died in obscurity because I have never heard of a moon watch ...

I think SUBs do so well because they deal with water and not the moon....

[Onikage]

How did NASA actually test the watches for their space survivability? I'm skeptical; A Rolex was tested and failed??? I bet everyone who's dropped theirs on a tiled floor wishes for that instant there was zero gravity :D

[Dr.Brian]

Originally Posted by rolexsubdate

And again, I don't want my watch to be associated with people who just sit on their asses and let a machine take them back and forth, like the space shuttle or the lunar module, even monkeys can do that. Even though it takes guts to do that I will give them that but space is no threat for a watch.

I like my watch associated with achievements that take your breath away, literally, like climbing Everest or crossing Antarctica....

Yeah, no achievement in becoming an astronaut and space travel. Those losers that went to the moon, test flight pilots, etc. What about all the ones killed in the process? Maybe if they got off their asses and did something useful they'd still be here, right? Heros? I guess not.
You've reached a new low.
Congrats on being my first blocked poster. Usually folks get banned before I have to "ban" them myself.

P.S. Are you Charlie Sheen?

[RedwinGV]

Originally Posted by rolexsubdate

Exactly ... screw NASA ... and what ever watch passed their tests, it probably died in obscurity because I have never heard of a moon watch ...

I think SUBs do so well because they deal with water and not the moon....

I'm smellin a little Rolex ego here. But this is a Rolex thread, so yeah ok.
But could you lighten up on diminishing trips in space? No matter what your allegiance, it is a considerable accomplishment- and no, it needs more than monkeys.

[RedwinGV]

Originally Posted by SkyKing31

Who cares what nasa approves .. Rolex has proven the best in land, sea and air .. Thats good enough for me

Really...? I guess I learn something every time I read these boards. Hmmm

[Lion]

Why is this so important to some of you...who cares!!!
I like my Rolexes regardless of them surviving extremes.....

[Onikage]

I'm not diminishing space travel. I'm simply annoyed that a Rolex apparently failed at something, whilst it would no doubt, work in space/survive being dropped on the moon etc

[Onikage]

You could probably throw one for miles on the moon. LOL!

[MrCowboy99]

Didn't Spock wear a GMT for travel?

Captain Kirk has one on Priceline he brought back didn't he?