Introducing a new product inspired by the original Speed Timer model, which features a highly original dial color

The iconic bright yellow dial color and red/blue aluminum bezel with tachymeter scale are inspired by the original 1969 model.

Original model details: On November 16, 1973, NASA astronaut William Pogue was carrying this watch in his spacesuit trouser pocket when he boarded the Saturn rocket.

The watch in question is the world's first automatic chronograph, Caliber 6139, which Seiko began selling in the spring of 1969. It is part of the Seiko Five Sports Speed Timer series.

Pogue bought it at the Air Force Base store for $71 at the time.

Seiko watches were not officially approved by NASA.

However, when flight training began, astronauts had not yet been issued official watches, so Pogue wore a Seiko watch during flight training.

"I found the Seiko to be very useful when using the rotating bezel to measure things like the combustion time of rocket engines," said Pogue. "I'd like to try using a Seiko in space, too," he said, and decided to take it with him on the mission as his personal item.

And while on the actual space station, he wore a NASA-approved watch on his right wrist and a Seiko on his left wrist.

Even though it didn't have the specifications to withstand the space environment, it still showed accurate time in zero gravity.

The watch that Pogue chose has a bright yellow dial, and even though it has been on the market for nearly 50 years, its vivid design still looks timeless and is still as attractive as ever.

Pogue orbited the Earth 1,214 times during the Skylab 4 mission and served aboard the space station for 84 days, the longest period of time in space at the time.

Pogue continued to wear the watch long after he hung up his spacesuit, but in 2008 he decided to put the watch up for auction.

The entire amount of the winning bid was donated to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation.

Model Number: SBDL117

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