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Breitling creates the 24 hour dial Cosmonaute Navitimer for the astronauts of the NASA Mercury space program. U.S.S.R. cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin wears a Shturmanskie Poljot during his first space flight. First light emitting diodes for wrist watches are invented. U.S. astronaut Scott Carpenter uses a Cosmonaute Navitimer chronograph aboard the Aurora 7 space capsule. Swiss manufacturer ETA invents the first quartz battery operated watch. First scratch proof watch, the Diastar, by Rado. Rolex presents its Cosmograph Daytona. Astronaut John Glenn wears a Heuer Stopwatch on the first manned U.S. orbital mission. Favre Leuba introduces the Bivouac altimeter and barometer wristwatch. Seiko is the official timerkeeper of the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Tag Heuer patents the Microtimer. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA chooses the Omega Speedmaster as its official chronometer. Girard-Perregaux builds the Swiss Quartz Movement high frequency wristwatch. The atomic clock is invented. Swiss Centre Electronique Horloger introduces the first analog quartz watch Bêta 21. Liquid crystal displays appear. Breitling, Büren, Zenith and Heuer-Leonidas develop the self-winding chronograph movement. First quartz wristwatches with light emitting diode displays appear. International Watch Company presents the DaVinci watch. Seiko presents the Astron. Longines constructs the first quartz cybernetic wristwatch. Omega Speedmaster Professional is the first watch on the moon worn by U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong on 21 July 1969. Heuer introduces the Monaco. Zenith creates the epitome of chronograph movements El Primero. Seiko Time Corporation starts in the U.S. Hamilton releases its first electronic digital watch Pulsar with integrated circuit. Chaumet Jewelers buys the Breguet brand. Rolex presents the Submariner Date.

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Bibliography of Timeline of a Wristwatch 7

Haussermann, M (2007). 1001 Wristwatches. From 1925 to Present.
Brunner, G and Pfeiffer-Belli, C (2008). Wrist Watches.

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