Sturmanskie Open Space 24 hour TITAN
SKU
2431/1767933
€449.00
Incl. VAT, excl. Shipping Cost
Delivery Time:
1-2 days
Caliber: Vostok 2431
Watchcase: polished TITANIUM
Diameter: 42 mm
Height: 13 mm
Dial: golden-brown
Sturmanskie OPEN SPACE 24-hour automatic watch - with TITANIUM case !
The new Sturmanskie OPEN SPACE 24-hour watch with Vostok 2431 automatic caliber!
24-hour watch from Russia with automatic caliber!
The Sturmanskie "Open Space" has a polished watchcase made of TITANIUM ( therefore just 72 gram weight incl. leather strap ) with 42mm diameter ( with crown 45mm and Lug to Lug width 51mm), 13 mm height and 20 mm bandwidth.
Particularly beautiful and a perfect match for this watch with history: the glass is plexiglass ( acyril ) with an inset date magnifier!
The beautifully decorated watchback is fixed with a screwed metal ring and the caliber is secured with a movement retaining ring made of metal. ( no plastic! )
It takes some exercise , getting used to read the time on a 24-hour watch - instead of twice per day, the hour hand rotates once per day about its axis - originally these watches have been designed for people who can´t see the difference between morning or evening on the basis of environmental , for example, Polar explorers, submarine crews or as in this case, of course, for cosmonauts!
Special brown-golden dial displays white numbers with luminous dots , luminous hands and a prominent red second hand.
The "Open Space" is powered by the robust russian Vostok automatic caliber 2431 with 32 jewels, 19.800 half rotations/hour, shock protection and approx. 31 hours power reserve.
Delivery including high quality Sturmanskie leather strap in brown, watchcase and papers. Limited to 2000 pieces.
The history of the "Open Space":
In March 18, 1965 the "Voskhod-2" spaceship was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Crew consisting of the captain P.I.Belyaev and co-pilot A.A.Leonov, opened the new chapter in space exploration. At 11:32 Belyaev opened the hatch of the ship. Alexei Leonov was in the space vacuum for 12 minutes and then returned to the airlock chamber. During ship landing due to failure of on-board navigation systems, Pavel Belyayev had to become the first in the world to have manually-orientated ship towards the sun and switched on the brake engine. On Belyayev's wrist there had been specially manufactured watch in memory of which "Open Space" series was created.
Find more information about the Voskhod-2 mission at >> wikipedia <<
See here an interesting short Video on Youtube , showing the visit of Alexei Leonov in space !
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