The space mission’s astronauts use special watches and test in all kinds of conditions
Watches are one of the most common accessories of the modern person. They can be found around the wrist of any school child, teenager, simple employee or manager. Time is of major importance in our days, so using it the best way possible is vital. Some people need to catch the bus on time, others need to finish various assignments before a certain hour, and school children need to get to their classes according to a fixed schedule. Everything is timed.
Stressful as it may be, the watch is nevertheless very popular. Watches are different according to those who wear them. For women there are specially designed watches which respond to fashion demands. Some people wear watches as jewelry when they are made of precious metals or have an exquisite design. For scuba divers there are watches which don’t allow water to damage them and work well under the pressure of water.
Ever since the first space mission’s astronauts used special watches and tested in all kinds of conditions. They were made of resistant materials and they could do more things than a regular watch. It is important that space watches have chronograph. Space stations from different countries use different watches. The Russians, the Chinese and the Americans have their favorite brands of watches.
A famous company designed a watch for a private space exploration. The watch needed to adjust both to the conditions of space travel as well as to spacewalk on the outside of the ship. Most of the watches used in space missions are mechanical because electronic equipment was affected by radiations. The watch’s moves are enabled by spring drive which insures its accuracy in unfriendly conditions.
In space time may be a little different than the one on Earth. For example the distinction a.m., p.m. is meaningless. Astronauts going on space missions need special watches, which don’t fail under space conditions. The rapid changes in temperature varying from very high temperatures to very low ones, the pressure, the radiations are some factors known to make normal watches work badly.