Timer, Skylab
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Bulova Watch Company
notes: label: Summary
content: Timers like this were used by astronauts to time experiments and other events during the Skylab missions (1973-1974). This timer is a flight-qualified backup, transferred from NASA and installed in the Skylab orbital workshop on display in the Museum. It has the "Accutron" movement developed by Bulova for wristwatches, on/off switches for the timer and tone, and a small amplifier.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
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content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transferred from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19761052000
objectType: label: Type
content: EQUIPMENT-Miscellaneous
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Metal, glass, velcro
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 6.4 x 3.8 x 12.7cm (2 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 5 in.)