Watch into Space - The Chase is on

The Watch has been found!

The space race is complete and the Seiko Astron has now been found!
Congratulations to Lee Holland, David Moffatt and Jesse Meehan for finding the watch!
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The Seiko Astron Watch has successfully landed!

Follow the exact position of the Seiko Astron watch on its launch and decent from outer space with our live tracking tool. Stay up to date with the exact location and landing predictions of the watch to get the best chance of claiming this extraordinary watch.

To help build the suspense we will be cutting the live tracking feed as the watch parachutes back down to earth when the watch reaches 10km above sea level.

Keep up to date with live tracking and follow the chase for the watch into space on its decent from space.

Good luck! The chase is on!

The landing...

We are excited to be able to release new information on the landing area of our watch into space, where it waited to be found for 19 days!

The Launch

Following a combination of rain and cloud causing early visual problems, when launched the flight path was caught between two weather fronts, which added an interesing twist to the chase down.
View the launch below.

Fascinating Facts about the Flight

The reason we chose this watch is because it maintains time using satellite signals.

The watch achieved altitudes of over 35.8km, almost double what is widely considered to be the accepted gateway to space; the Armstrong line (19km) – named after Neil Armstrong – so we can 100% say that the watch has ‘BEEN TO SPACE'

The reason we launched on Thursday 20th July is because it was International ‘Space Exploration Day'

The balloon was inflated to around 1.5m wide, or the size of a small car.

The air pressure caused it to expand to around 10 – 15m wide, or the size of a bus.

Eventually the balloon burst and began to fall

There was little/no atmosphere so there was no resistance to slow the package down – it reached a speed of 100mph. When the watch re-entered the Earth's atmosphere, the air pressure was much higher, filling the parachute, slowing the watch down to around 3 – 4 mph.

It slowly fell back to Earth, and waited to be found.

Shop the Watch that went to Space

Dressed in shades of steel blue, the Seiko Astron GPS Solar Dual Time, effortlessly captures the excitement of the wearer.

The watch infuses elegance and style with an innovative creativity. A ceramic bexel leads to a sapphire crystal glass front which has undergone a super clear coating technology to allow a crisp vision to the dial.

With water resistancy to depths of 10 bar, the Seiko Astron GPS Solar Dual Time watch is a loyal companion for all manner of situations.

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Watch Into Space Gallery

View the images from this exciting project, starting from the launch, viewing the flight and then being found!