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Richard will conduct his space mission aboard the International Space Station, and throughout his flight, he intends to conduct a spacewalk, which would make him the 1st private individual to do so. As steps out into free space, he will be wearing a SEIKO Spring Drive watch, specially created and built for this purpose. Three years ago, the "Quiet Revolution" of Spring Drive started, and all over the suce of the earth, Spring Drive is Replica Omega 4831.31.32 Co-Axial Automatic Watch increasingly accepted as one of the most important new developments in luxury watch-. In 2008, the revolution goes into space. This distinctive watch, the Spring Drive Spacewalk, is presented for the very first time at Baselworld 2008 and takes pride of place in the new SEIKO Stand.

The second generation in space.Richard Garriott is not only a remarkable entrepreneur and adventurer (see biography below) but he is also the son of a NASA astronaut. Richard's father, Dr. Owen Garriott, made two space flights, aboard Replica Omega 951172.15 Constellation Watch Skylab in 1973 and aboard STS- 9/Spacelab-1 in 1983. In total, Owen spent 70 days in space and he carried SEIKO watches on both of these flights and wore one continuously during his Spacelab mission. His trust in SEIKO was inherited by his son, and so it was natural that Richard should contact SEIKO as soon as his mission was arranged. Richard and SEIKO will be the first "second-generation" space partnership.

Why SEIKO Spring Drive? The challenge ofa watch that could operate not only throughout a space flight but also outside on a spacewalk is a daunting 1, and is precisely the kind of challenge that brings out the best in SEIKO's engineers. Replica Omega 2577.50 Aqua Terra Watch The 1st decision to be made was on the type of movement to be employed. Without unique treatment, battery-operated instruments are not appropriate for a spacewalk for safety reasons. Thus, quartz movements had been not considered.The choice was therefore between mechanical and Spring Drive. The choice was decided by the need for safety and accuracy.