McDonnell Douglas introduces the DC-8 Jetliner in September, 1959
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmgcEZa1LMY
An interesting modern-day review on the SK55 here, with some detailed pictures.
http://www.minimallyminimal.com/blog/braun-sk55
Which player are you referring to re. Orffyreus Wheel?
OH. Dang, man. WTF? I've never even seen that. That thing looks like a nightmare on a few functional levels. Not just the tonearm. The platter support seems real bizarre too. Nothing looks stable. Looks like it would sound like poo. Too resonant looking.
We should probably digress back to '59 for the benefit of the thread.
Also the first year that a nuclear submarine, the USS Skate, surfaced at the Nprth Pole.
Along with the seminal jazz releases of 1959, on the jazz front, we lost two of the older generation: Billie Holiday and the Pres, Lester Young.