This unique timepiece pays tribute to the famous cosmonaut Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov (1934-2019)Leonov is most famous for his incredible feat as the first human to walk in space on The first extra-vehicular activity (EVA) lasted just over 12 minutes, but in so doing he scored a new first for the Soviet Union in the ever-competitive Space Race with the USA. Leonov was selected to be first Soviet person to land on the Moon, but the project was later cancelled.A decade later, Leonov was commander of the Soyuz 19 craft that linked in orbit with the U.S. Apollo craft on July 17, 1975 for the first joint Soviet-American spaceflight.