THE CHRONICLE
A History and Guide to Chronographs
Windup Watch Shop - April 12, 2026
It was 10:08 PM EST when everything went wrong. Twenty-six seconds later — aneternity to those on the ground — mission commander Jack Swigert reported in: “Okay, Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” An oxygen cylinder had exploded in the service module, forcing the three astronauts inside Apollo 13’s capsule to gra...
