maybe this is what you are recalling:
- "In August of 1972, sixteen companies were notified by NASA that the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC) planned to establish a Qualified Product List (QPL) for possible future procurement of astronaut watches. This list included: the Breitling Watch Corporation, the Bulova Watch Company, the Elmore Watch Company, the Elgin National Watch Company, the Forbes Company, S. A. Girard-Perregaux Company, The Gruen Watch Company, the Hamilton Watch Company, Heuer Time and Electronic Corporation, the LeJour Watch Company, the Longines-Wittnauer Company, the Omega Watch Company, the American Rolex Company, Seiko Watch Company, and Zodiac Watch Company."
click the link below to see full article, written by Alan Nelson, which first appeared in the February 1993 Bulletin of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors.
Having worn a Hamilton Count-Down on occasion, it would surprise me if this chronograph were considered for space travel.
Jeff
