Omega Speedmaster Alternatives - Top 10 Space Watches - $50 To Luxury
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- As promised during my Breitling Cosmonaute unboxing video a few months ago, I’ve put together a list for the good Gentry featuring the top 10 watches that also went to space.
But there’s a twist!
I’ve made countless videos on the iconic NASA approved Omega Speedmaster, but in this video I focus on 10 alternatives that vary from a $50 digital watch to highly desired luxury timepieces. So step into your space suit and prepare for launch as we take a look at keeping time beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Join me on this journey as we continue onwards and a little further upwards!
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As someone who works in the aerospace industry and has a passion for human space travel, this video is like crack. Thank you! Now I have 10 watches I need to buy.
The mighty Vostok Amphibia also made it into space during the Interkosmos missions!
Absolutely love my Speedy Pro-however I do have moments when I miss my old Bulova Lunar Pilot. Such a brilliant underrated piece
Thank you very much for putting FORTIS within the Top-3 space going brands. The whole FORTIS Team wishes you a great start in Philly. All the best!!
I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to this but is there any plans to re-release the Fortis 100 Years book? I know its available in PDF format but nothing beats sitting down in a leather arm chair with a good book.
Fortis is one of the brands which till recently escaped my attention. I´ll have to remedy that asap. The B42 looks like a winner to me.
tell me how much did you pay
New to the brand but it's absolutely going to be in my collection!
1994 - 2019 was 25 years FORTIS in the Russian manned spaceflight program #MoonwatchUniverse
Just got my Speedie Pro in last Thursday. It already has its own dedicated drawer compartment in my dresser, I’ve read every page of the included ‘Legendary Speedmaster’ booklet, I’ve wound it every morning as a ritual and wore it after work in the evenings on and off. Still pinching myself to have THEE grail - and the quintessentially American ‘Swiss Made’ piece, in a sense, if that makes sense. Lol. What a dream come true. Always loved manual wind chrono’s. Now I own the ultimate example. Timeless and flawless design; unmatched history.
Perfection.
Blessed. Truly blessed.
Congrats, nothing like that new speedy feel.
Not a week goes past I do not think about buying one again, enjoy it for me!
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
The Urban Gentry I miss you having the FOIS, that should be a rebuy. I loved watching the old vid review you put out with it on the NATO when you first got it in. Been awhile now.
Astounding detail and history behind these amazing time pieces, but with all the charm and class as we've come to expect from TGV. This is exactly why it's one of the best watch channels.
I am amazed at how much research went into the making of this video. Thanks for the education.
Thank you Ken, very much apprecaited :D
Best regards,
TGV
Very disappointed by the lack of a glycine airman ;( i'm recieving mine tomorrow and i can't wait! i was hoping to see it in this video but nevermind, it doesn't really matter, it is in my personal top 10 anyway, and i would suggest to anyone reading this to check it out as well if you are looking for a space watch! Great video (as always) anyway, there were some watches i expected and some that were very pleasant surprises! keep it up with the good work!
Best regards,
Leo.
Yay Lemania 5100! I have that movement in a cosmonaut's chrono (among other examples)! Love it, even though it's VERY costly to service.
Its ugly, expensive, but soooooo cool, who care right?! Its a bloody cool movement.
Thank you Randy,
Enjoy.
Best regards,
TGV
Great video, TGV! It so happens that I've just returned from a 2-week trip to three of the major NASA centers (Johnson in Houston, Marshall in Alabama, and Kennedy at Cape Canaveral), and I was pleased to see exhibits showcasing historically important watches in spaceflight. Omega has a HUGE presence at Space Center Houston, where they have loaned mock-ups of the Speedy to be displayed on many spacesuits, and even have a giant version of a Speedmaster hanging in the main visitor area (which appropriately functions as a big clock). I also saw a Timex owned by astronaut Ed White and another owned by Wernher Von Braun.
I did my level best to document these and other watches on my trip using my phone camera, but the lighting conditions were unfortunately not ideal. I'm working on a way to share these photos with the Urban Gentry community.
Hi TGV
So many watches in space - far more than I knew. In many ways the Speedy remains the ultimate space watch because officially NASA chose it.
I totally understand that and very true.
Imagine if the crystal would of popped off during testing and not on the moon, I wonder who would of been the second choice?
Thank you Koen, excellent point as always.
Best regards,
TGV
Dear Urban Gentry, what’s the piano song you used in the background? It was so relaxing! I always enjoy your watch videos, helping me keep informed and expand my taste in watches. The best wishes in moving to the city of brotherly love! Thanks
Grab a brew, sit back an enjoy! Thanks TGV your knowledge is so infectious with quality ever increasing 👍
TGV, a wonderful segment. Your knowledge of and even reverence for the history behind these and other watches is a meaningful addition to the various TH-cam contributors’ presentations. Keep it up !
I’m very pleased to see the Strela on the list, as it’s one of my favorite classic chronographs, but the rest of the list was great as well. Alas, the Speedmaster is still one of my grail watches.
I agree the Fortis brand is so underrated.. The phantom f-4f Phorever is my favorite pilot watch of all time.
My favorite space watch (and the only one I own) is the Glycine Airman, which is also the true original dual time watch.
Deffo number 11 for me :D
I so nearly buy that watch almost weekly, lol.
I love it, great choice.
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
The Christopher ward C1 moonglow has to be one of my most anticipated moon related watch releases. For the first time I would actually consider the speedmaster beat!
🇬🇧 Good luck. Stay positive and please keep a bit of your old style, don’t change too much
Thank you Mark, fear not, a leopard can never change his spots.
Onwards and upwards.
Best regards,
TGV
The Urban Gentry Good to know. Your positivity is infectious and it’s what we need (especially with this slightly toxic community 😱) 👍🏻
Love that crazy Tyrannosaurus Rex watch loving connoisseur !
Favorite space watch has to be the fortis cosmonaut chronograph 38mm. The first war room served its purpose and now time for war room 2.0. Congratulations on the positive direction of the channel TGV 🇺🇲🇮🇹👍🇨🇦😊⌚
Fantastic video. The production was spot on. You’re a pleasure to listen to and follow. GL with your move 👍🏻
What a great video! I just found your channel last week and my watch collection is going to explode because of it, your enthusiasm for horology is infectious. I love watches that can endure the harshest conditions and what is harsher than the vacuum of space? Currently wearing my Casio G-Shock GW-5610.
Thank you TGV for another great upload! I also have to thank you for your videos on the Seiko Ripley. I bought the black and white version, the SCED041 (the xenomorph as I like to call it) a few days ago and I am in love with it! If it wasn't for your videos I would probably have dismissed the listing and I would had lost this legend!
Thanks for this amazing lineup of space watches. Added to my wishlist. God willing I'll own them all one day including the speedmaster ofcourse.
Love the Seiko pogue and the Fortis Cosmonaut, great space watches for a really reasonable price. Gonna miss the War room but looking forward to see your new war room in Philadelphia. Hope the move goes as easy as it can be. Cheers TGV👌
Another great video. Absolutely love your videos where history comes along with watches. In addition perfectly fitting delicate music in background. Please, don't stop making them. Lots of things will change for you now but hopefully not the way you doing watch you doing. Wish you all best.
How’s Hugo taking all this moving about?
Great video I just discovered this channel and subbed straight away. Learn alot in this video and have been watch loads of your older videos.
Man, how beautiful those pieces of art those watches are!
But should I go to space I wouldn’t take art. It’s wasteful when there are much superior alternatives. I would take tried and tested rugged tough won’t-fail-on-you-despite-being-knocked-about-so-you-won’t-need-your-private-backup reliable equipment. I’d choose the Casio over all those pieces of art any day every day if I were to go to space.
It’s as you say, the evidence speaks for itself as the gshock apparently is the clear favourite among those that indeed go to space.
What stock is that? On the laptop at the back?
SINN SPACE CHRONO! My personal favorite.
Well documented and edited video on a great topic. Thank you.
Thanks for a great round-up of all these 'space watches', a great deal more informative, less 'wordy' and also less speculative than a lot of stuff I have read on the same subject!
There is still speculation on which Russian watch went where and with whom, and that brings me to the whole murky world of Russian timepieces.
Have you, or would you do a vid about them?
I love the big, brash styling of Russian watches, but it's difficult knowing what is a good buy, and which to avoid.
Enjoy Philadelphia. The city and it's folks were very good to me!
Always a great combination, spaceflight and watches. Please take care while moving your stuff.
This is the best part of my day now
Hi TGV just catching up on your back catalogue and just wondered what is the book you are flipping through when you are talking about the Fortis?
I really missed the "classic" Urban Gentry intro. Nice to see it continuing in this video. Awesome top ten list by the way!
Your passion for horology is infectious, a genuine pleasure to watch a person with passion for watches share their perspective.
A very good video. Enjoy this very much. 👍
Well yes indeed. That was an intro to be proud of. Nicely done.
As an aside, I’m moving house soon. My small study will be much larger, but not a war room. I shall name it my peace room. For my peace, and unwanted intruders can ‘peace off’
Nice suggestions - but only a speedy pro will suffice.
The Omega Flightmaster was worn by Alexei Leonov and other Soviet astronauts, which evolved into the X-33 that's currently in-use by many ISS astronauts, including Chris Hadfield.
Another great video. Love the Fortis!
Very informative as ever. Good luck with the move
Very informative video...keep the good work.,...and you are making me buy another watch..
I saw recently where a Seiko SKX007 mod went to space on a Space-X mission. Do you plan to cover that one, TGV? That would be so cool! Keep up the awesome work. Oh, btw I love your haircut.
Great vid, great to learn about brands that would otherwise have passed me by..
Very interesting. That cosmonaut dial has alot going on. Good luck Tgv with the move
Thanks, very well presented. I love this topic and yes I do own a Speedy Pro, my favorite space watch but wouldn't mind getting one or two from your list. Good luck with your move.
Leonov's spacecraft was called
Voskhod 2 .
Both Alexei Leonov and Pavel Belyayev wore their Strela underneath the Berkut space suit...
@@phmwu7368 really? I didn't know that. Thanks for sharing.
Just recently found this video and totally loving it.
Could anyone give me the name of the book in the video? Looks so interesting.
Bravo Bravo TGV! The video I have long waited for! Thanks for all your interesting and sometimes inspiring videos! Pleased to have a few of the cheaper watches in this list...hmmmm I think I need to save up for the others!!
Another great video! Thanks again for making me spend a fortune on watches! 😄✌🏼 Good luck with the move.
Save travels and final move to Philadelphia, TGV! Looking forward to the new war room - and the Bulova Accutron is really a fascinating watch to consider for my collection.
I'd like to mention also the Poljot Sturmanskie 3133. Standard in many Soyuz missions.
Best of luck with the move. Now to watch the video before I call it a night. Wristwatch check for me: Bulova Curve Chronograph! With exhibition caseback!
Thank you Simon :D
And as for the Bulova, YESSSSSSSSS!!!!! I love that watch, a real bit of history and Bulova proving they can still innovate.
Wear it with pride sir!
Best regards,
TGV
Watching this video again! Why do your videos aren't loaded on my account!
All this masterpieces are the pinnacle of our history behind all this pieces is what makes us like this hobby, Thank you for sharing this awesome video deserves to remember this room, lots great memories, also looking forward to follow you on your next Journey my friend..
Happy move! Looking forward to the new war room :)
PS. Favorite for me has to be the black resin G-Shock (not the metal one) because of it's affordability and universally recognized (and also Nasa-certified) toughness
no Glycine Airman?
It was on the same wrist
alongside the Speed Master
Indeed, deffo number 11.
Thank you Emilio,
Best regards,
TGV
@@theurbangentry thank you for you answer. 👍 Your video gave me an idea for the next purchase, but I won't show it off alongside my Airman 😅
I am so interested about the new war room!
Good quality vid. Very interesting.
I still love my Speedy ☺️ good luck on the move, TGV. I know it's a pain, but looking forward to new and good things! See you soon 😎
Good luck with the move my man hope it works out for you
Seiko makes some of the coolest watches out there. Even the ones I don't like, I can still appreciate. Good luck to you on your move, by the way.
Excellent video, Cheers 👍👍🚀⌚
Another banger 👍🏾
Thank you Karim, deeply appreciated.
Best regards,
TGV
Looking forward to the new war room. You forgot the watch James Bond wore on Moonraker 😎
Strange to think it's the last time we see the war room !
But excited to see the new one 😉
Nice video. But why not in chronological order? Would have been perfect
Thank you, as explained, I decided to do it in order of preference.
Best regards,
TGV
seiko flightmaster ?
cool vid .
Can you imagine how different things may have turned out if Bulova beat out Omega?
Yes, that crystal wouldn't have popped off on the moon.
Wishing all the best for The Move to Philly...1st Watch on Mars!!...can't wait...it should be Rolex GMT Coke bezel...but suspect few G-shocks will Land there too...
Honorable mention to Heuer for being the first Swiss timepiece in space. Best wishes on the move to Philly.
Welcome to the City of Brotherly Love.
Are you still with Watchbox? You used the old intro, it did not have powered by Watchbox written on the bottom
Absolutely, it takes me about a week to shoot an intro, I simply have not had time to work on a new one.
Hopefully soon.
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
are you ever going to review Tommy Hilfiger watches?
Lol
You should see the documentary with original footage only. www.imdb.com/title/tt8760684/videoplayer/vi4178360857
I bet you TGV moved from new york cause he didn't want to pay NYC rent so he could buy more watches. His full time job is youtube now and you can do that job anywhere
What's the point of wearing a G-Shock when you're in a zero-g environment? It's not like it's going to fall and break.
LOL, very clever!
As the 2017 test demonstrates, it has extreme temperature change resistance. Also, anti magnetism and its weight is minimal (when blasting off or landing).
Thank you Benjamin, very well observed.
Best regards,
TGV
@@theurbangentry Thanks for getting my joke. I worked on the space shuttle program for many years and I would always point out when hardware was spec'd for conditions it would never see.
Another consideration is that the astronauts must be prepared for an emergency landing anywhere on the earth. The G-shock ensures their watch survives the most extreme environments an astronaut may encounter, not just space but the heat/cold/humidity/salt water of our planet.
Gona miss the old war room 😪
When will Seiko pull their fingers out and give us what we want?
POGUE REISSUE NOW!!
Peter Shallis DROOLING INTESIFIES
I'm afraid of a potential Pogue reissue.
Seiko did a half assed reissue a handful of years ago.
I will buy in a hearbeat
With Seiko's new business model if they did reissue the Pogue they'd now make it more expensive than a Speedmaster
Great video, but some remarks:
2:30 first wristwatch in space was a PODEBA "Victory" worn by space dog Chernuchka on March 9, 1961... Gagarin wore a 17 jewels SHTURMANSKIE "Navigator" on April 12, 1961
3:02 the STRELA "Arrow" was not worn in open space but underneath the Berkut space suit of Alexei Leonov on March 18, 1965... so the Speedmaster was first on June 3, 1965
11:47 a bold claim that the Apollo 8 carried Rolex GMT-master watches to the Moon... they did use these in training but Jack Swigert was the first to carry a Rolex GMT to the Moon 1970
14:04 FORTIS Cosmonauts chronograph was first used in open space by the Soyuz TM-19 (Mir-16) resident crew on September 9, 1994 ... So 1994-2019 = 25 years FORTIS in space !!!
Always glad to help as with cooperation we can achieve great things as nobody cares who gets the credit...
Now we know that Skylab-4 commander Gerald Carr also wore an Automatic chronograph: Movado Datron #MoonwatchUniverse
Indeed, I had found somewhere another comment about the Pobeda (or Kirovskie) that an engineer gave that dog for its flight. Btw, wasn't the Soviet Air Force version a 15 jewels one?
As for the Strela, are you sure? Considering the grand claims of some Russian brands nowadays (that may be partly false).
Glycine Airman was with the Speedy...
Fun fact: I was issued a G-Shock DW5600 when I entered US Air Force navigator training in January 1990--and it's still running ON THE SAME BATTERY! 32 years as of this month.
How appropriate as we lead up to the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's historic mission to the moon!
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So......there is a Speedmaster crystal left on the surface of the moon?
it popped off in the spacecraft
Man the 60s & 70s were the golden decades of aviation. Space exploration, going to the moon, the Cold War with the U2 & SR-71 (A-12). Agree, Bulova, Fortis and Rolex GMT are the unsung heroes for this era!
Штурманские is pronounced “Shturmanskije“ since the Ш is the russian “sh“. 😊💪
Moon Launch 50th coming up soon. 7/16/69. Nice video on these very special watches!
A slight correction. Not all gold Seiko 6139s are pouges. Yes they look almost identical but the difference is the "WATER 70M RESIST" at the 9 0'clock position, "17J" above the Suwa logo at 6 O'clock and "6009T" between 5 and 4 is a good way to tell that it's a proper pouge plus the reference and date but that's the quick way to tell. Hope this helps, TGV! Great video as always!😎👊
The background music reminds me of "Music For Airports".
Very apropo.
LOVE Brian Eno, amazing album, I actually chose it because it had that sound.
Nice one Ross, you are very cultured indeed. Happy to have you in the Gentry!
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
The Urban Gentry Happy to be here mate! I remember you said you were in the music industry for a long time.
I would buy the Bulova Lunar Pilot in a heartbeat if it wasn't 45 mm in diameter! I wish they made a 42 mm one for us with not as "thicc" wrists!
39 please.
1000% this.
This. I tried one on. The lugs hang over the side of my wrist. So, no buy.
Adam...I have the Bulova Lunar Pilot, and while it's a larger watch, the actual face is only 41mm. Lug to lug including crown is 45mm, but that extra area is more of a base with pushers. I love the Lunar Pilot and the build quality is exceptional. Hit the chrono button and the chrono hand is smooth as silk.
I have such small wrists that I just stopped worrying about the size because basically nothing fits me. If you like it the design, I say get it.
Another dual time zone pilot watch that has been to space is the Glycine Airman. It's argubly the first dual time zone pilot watch (having a 24hr movement paired with a rotating 24hr bezel) while Rolex made the first GMT movement, but both were popular with pilots and, like the GMT-Master, an Airman made it into space as a personal watch. Apparently, he (I forget which astronaut off the top of my head) didn't bring it specifically on a moon mission, however, but there's pics of it on him for his other trips into space.
Oddly enough, while having a Strela chronograph specifically because it has been to space and having the Omega Speedmaster Professional at the top of my wishlist, I didn't know the Glycine Airman was a space watch until well after I got one. I simply wanted a 24hr movement watch and lucked on to a good sale on an Airman Purist.
I just love these analyses and historical overviews. Thanks
Every time you do this my favorite Seiko 6139 prices go up again!
Dear brother, maybe an astronot wear it on the moon that doesn't mean it is a watch themed space or moon... It's actually a racing watch. And, as a Car Lover, Porsche enthusiast, JDM user, I see your channel is very poor about this purpose. Not about the cars. About the DRIVER'S WATCHES. Please, if you don't have any opinion about what really is a Driver's Watch, please, I suggest you to invite me to your live shows. As a Barrister, I'd love to share my own experiences with all the people who share same passion with me! 😎
Other watches: We’ve been to space, gracing the wrists of astronauts.
G-Shock: Me too. I’ve also been to space, alone.
😂
Just gonna say I’m a fan of the lifestyle reviews. If you don’t make any changes you won’t grow, and I like that you’re willing to try new formats and collaborate with others.