?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a roundup of some of our favorite watch content on Worn & Wound, great stories from around the web, and cool gear that we?ve got our eye on.
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Worn & Wound

The Custom A-13A Pilot Chronograph Built to Survive a Spy Plane

Chronographs, espionage, physics, aviation: this story from the Worn & Wound archives is filled with some of our favorite things. From February of 2018, this story from Mark McArthur-Christie details the process of Paolo Fanton?s quest to get his A-13A Pilot Chronograph ready to fly in a U-2 spy plane at altitudes in excess of 60,000 feet. It?s complicated, fascinating, and not for anyone with an aversion to heights.  Read it here

NASA

Making History: NASA and SpaceX Launch Astronauts to Space!

By the time you read this, NASA astronauts might be well on their way to rendezvous with the International Space Station after a successful launch of the Crew Dragon, a rocket built in partnership with SpaceX. Or, if the weather refuses to cooperate, as was the case earlier this week, we might have to continue to wait for this historic launch, the first time humans have flown into space from US soil since the days of the space shuttle. But if you happen to catch this post early, be sure to head over to NASA?s live stream of the launch to catch history in the making.

The New York Times

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