The entry level watches is a masterpiece of horological engineering. Something that probably does not readily spring to mind is the tourbillon, although it probably should – Omega made some of the very first generation of tourbillon wristwatches, in a time (the 1940s) when the tourbillon was not a visual entertainment for the titillation of horological enthusiasts, but was instead at the cutting edge of experiments in producing better chronometry. First the shuttle burns through the two solid rocket boosters to combat the negative effects of gravity and resistance from the dense atmosphere found near sea level, and then those solid boosters are jettisoned and the main external tank provides the additional fuel needed to reach orbital altitude.

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