Bulova Moon WatchOn July 26 1971, Commander Dave Scott carried his Bulova Chronograph to the surface of the moon. The Crystal of his NASA issued Omega Speedmaster had popped off (common) and his personal watch was the backup. This fact was uncovered at mybulova.com back in March of 2014. Up until this time, the watch had been misremembered as a Waltham. My friend Stephen Ollman, the owner of the myBulova site spoke with Commander Scott and was given permission to publish the picture of the watch at that time. What followed was the unprecedented auction of the watch, the only moon worn watch in private hands, selling for $1.3 million. The watch was a prototype, never went into production, and was based on the Universal Geneve model, Bulova having recently acquired UG. Bulova subsequently decided to issue a commemorative piece in honour of the watch's place in Space history, and the result was the Bulova Moon watch, reference 96B251.
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