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He would have let auto chronos be invented in 1959

: Yes I agree and they do work in space.But do
: that experiment very slowly like you were
: say in a confined space . Now find the
: movement your arm would do to get rotor to
: move. Now try that break dance move in
: something the size of a Porta Potty or Space
: Shuttle.

On most of my automatics it doesn't take much movement to get the rotor to move.

: All kidding aside , I'm just saying it would be
: less effective . Now back to the joking , if
: God had meant Automatics to go into space
: NASA would have put them there.

If God had meant Automatics to go into space, he would have let automatic chronographs be invented 10 years earlier. Then NASA could have tested them side by side, and instead of this being the moonwatch:

Perhaps this [or something like it] would have been the moonwatch:

-- Chuck

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