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For a visual trip through time with a watch that despite its being nicknamed the Moonwatch, was a heck of a lot more than that, check out this look at link Speedmasters being used for EVA (spacewalks) through the decades. Come for the story, but stay for the comments from a gent at Johnson Space Center who was link kind enough to share some of the current (in 2015) practices link regarding the Speedmaster, as well as the X-33.