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Old 21 November 2009, 06:58 AM   #31
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Hesalite is basically a fancy name for plexi.
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Old 21 November 2009, 07:38 AM   #32
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Those tossers at NASA must have picked up a fake Rolex from ebay!!
But not ALL Rolexes on Ebay are fake!!!

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Old 21 November 2009, 07:41 AM   #33
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Those tossers at NASA must have picked up a fake Rolex from ebay!!
ha ha indeed
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Old 21 November 2009, 10:43 AM   #34
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If it gets so hot in your space-suit that the hands on your Daytona melts, I guess what time it is is your least worry
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Old 21 November 2009, 01:59 PM   #35
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Well it's worn on the outside of the suit.
Yes, but some of the astronauts were wearing their personal Rolexes on the INSIDE of their suits.

http://rolexblog.blogspot.com/search?q=moon+watch
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Old 21 November 2009, 04:05 PM   #36
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That may have been one of the reasons but the reason itself is not true. The rotor is driven by inertia./QUOTE]
That's correct. An auto function would work in space environment.
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You are correct Dan and even if the rotor didn't keep it wound up... ummmm you could manually wind your automatic Rolex couldn't you?
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Old 22 November 2009, 05:08 AM   #37
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Well , right now I'm wearing a watch , the first company in history to use automatic watch , my "FORTIS".
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