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prontoprint
·Another screen grab on wrist of Gordo Stevens , astronaut.
Last one I promise ;-)
Last one I promise ;-)
Accutron 214 Astronaut
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Borosilikat
·Always loved the simplicity of these, I actually even like them more than the GMT-master of the era.
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Waltesefalcon
·Gordo Stevens? I'm not familiar with him.
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prontoprint
·Gordo Stevens? I'm not familiar with him.
It's a fictitious astronaut created for this series. I'm guessing they were making a play on Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon.
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Professor
·It's a fictitious astronaut created for this series. I'm guessing they were making a play on Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon.
Gordon (Gordo) Cooper, youngest of the Mercury Seven Astronauts.
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prontoprint
·https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Cooper
Gordon (Gordo) Cooper, youngest of the Mercury Seven Astronauts.
Good suggestion
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Waltesefalcon
·It's a fictitious astronaut created for this series. I'm guessing they were making a play on Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon.
Well, I'm happy I didn't come out and say, "Don't you mean Gordo Cooper?" I didn't because I didn't want to sound condescending but now I see I would have just sounded like an ass.
So what is the show about since it has fictitious astronauts I'm guessing the history is a little different?
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prontoprint
·Well, I'm happy I didn't come out and say, "Don't you mean Gordo Cooper?" I didn't because I didn't want to sound condescending but now I see I would have just sounded like an ass.
So what is the show about since it has fictitious astronauts I'm guessing the history is a little different?
I could have phrased my initial post better , I was assuming people were aware of the series on Apple+ .
Basic idea is Russians got to moon first thus creating a real space race as they try to leapfrog each other with being the first to the "next thing". Only 4 episodes in but I do like it, they've mashed real life people with made up characters so that can confuse you occasionally. Very high production values and looks amazing in 4k HDR.
No post without a picture though and here's my 214 placed on a signed NASA letter , Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad
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Waltesefalcon
·Sounds cool, sadly I do not subscribe to Apple+, so I was completely unaware of the show; I know, I know, I live under a rock. They also bought that Tom Hanks movie, Greyhound, that I wanted to see but didn't want to pay for another subscription to watch, maybe now is the time to go ahead and bite the bullet.
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Virmonk
·I've really wanted an astronaut and last week I saw one I really liked so I pulled the trigger! Can't wait till it comes in. Since its a grail watch I splurged and got the gold bezel hehe.
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Waltesefalcon
·I've really wanted an astronaut and last week I saw one I really liked so I pulled the trigger! Can't wait till it comes in. Since its a grail watch I splurged and got the gold bezel hehe.
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Dms5150
·I can't believe I never posted my Astronaut on this thread since I'm so proud of it. Here's my M3 Astronaut. It has a Swiss M5 movement that the watchmaker who serviced it said was likely a service movement that was put in it back in the 60s. I'm wearing it on my new Komfit bracelet. This has become my go to watch, replacing my Constellation.
These new Forstner mesh bracelets are amazing. Perfect for this watch. I even ended up selling my bullet bracelet because I never wear it now.
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Waltesefalcon
·And I'm wearing it again today. The bracelet is both comfortable and attractive, and, as a bonus, it has that early 60s astronaut vibe to it without being a velcro strap. I highly recommend one if you're in the market for a bracelet for your Astronaut. I posted mostly as an excuse to take a photo of my Astronaut.
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·New pick up yesterday. (Watch on the left with strap. Both are 63s)
63 with pencil hands along with box and registration card. Originated from an area where pilots and Boeing people lived so it could have seen some flight time.
Plus a nice photo I have in my office of the men who made the watch famous.
EDIT: it just occurred to me that on this Gemini V flight, both the Bulova Astronaut AND the Glycine Airman went into space on the same flight.
63 with pencil hands along with box and registration card. Originated from an area where pilots and Boeing people lived so it could have seen some flight time.
Plus a nice photo I have in my office of the men who made the watch famous.
EDIT: it just occurred to me that on this Gemini V flight, both the Bulova Astronaut AND the Glycine Airman went into space on the same flight.
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·Here's a crazy lucky find. The day after I picked up the 63 (above post) I found an auction for a 62. I went big and won the auction.
This just arrived today. It's taken a long time to get here. It is not working (yet) so I will need to send it out for service. But it looks unworn. Look at the brushing in the case side and caseback. This is before any cleaning, right out of the barn so to speak.
It's been said that there were between 500 and 1200 of these, based on extant serial numbers. So not many. Plus how many from 1962 are still around? The prices of these don't reflect the scarcity or the significance. The Bulova Accutron Astronaut watch itself is a pretty marvelous watch in the whole space history world. This 1962 is amazing because it's before Bulova knew that pilots were wearing their watches in the outer atomosphere, after which they added the "Astronaut" on the dial late in 62 and 63. Kindof like Omega finding out that their Speedmasters were being worn in space.
I am pretty stoked. THIS is what makes watches so much fun.
This just arrived today. It's taken a long time to get here. It is not working (yet) so I will need to send it out for service. But it looks unworn. Look at the brushing in the case side and caseback. This is before any cleaning, right out of the barn so to speak.
It's been said that there were between 500 and 1200 of these, based on extant serial numbers. So not many. Plus how many from 1962 are still around? The prices of these don't reflect the scarcity or the significance. The Bulova Accutron Astronaut watch itself is a pretty marvelous watch in the whole space history world. This 1962 is amazing because it's before Bulova knew that pilots were wearing their watches in the outer atomosphere, after which they added the "Astronaut" on the dial late in 62 and 63. Kindof like Omega finding out that their Speedmasters were being worn in space.
I am pretty stoked. THIS is what makes watches so much fun.
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Out of TIME!
·The X-15 program ended 50 years ago (October 1968) as the 200th flight was cancelled... great the story still gets told from time-to-time !
So low could see the rivets. Pretty blue flames, sweet bird.
Another flew over head at later a date, but that was NASA on the tail.....
Hum?
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··Yoda of YodelersHere's a crazy lucky find. The day after I picked up the 63 (above post) I found an auction for a 62. I went big and won the auction.
This just arrived today. It's taken a long time to get here. It is not working (yet) so I will need to send it out for service. But it looks unworn. Look at the brushing in the case side and caseback. This is before any cleaning, right out of the barn so to speak.
It's been said that there were between 500 and 1200 of these, based on extant serial numbers. So not many. Plus how many from 1962 are still around? The prices of these don't reflect the scarcity or the significance. The Bulova Accutron Astronaut watch itself is a pretty marvelous watch in the whole space history world. This 1962 is amazing because it's before Bulova knew that pilots were wearing their watches in the outer atomosphere, after which they added the "Astronaut" on the dial late in 62 and 63. Kindof like Omega finding out that their Speedmasters were being worn in space.
I am pretty stoked. THIS is what makes watches so much fun.
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LesXL
·Here's a crazy lucky find. The day after I picked up the 63 (above post) I found an auction for a 62. I went big and won the auction.
This just arrived today. It's taken a long time to get here. It is not working (yet) so I will need to send it out for service. But it looks unworn. Look at the brushing in the case side and caseback. This is before any cleaning, right out of the barn so to speak.
It's been said that there were between 500 and 1200 of these, based on extant serial numbers. So not many. Plus how many from 1962 are still around? The prices of these don't reflect the scarcity or the significance. The Bulova Accutron Astronaut watch itself is a pretty marvelous watch in the whole space history world. This 1962 is amazing because it's before Bulova knew that pilots were wearing their watches in the outer atomosphere, after which they added the "Astronaut" on the dial late in 62 and 63. Kindof like Omega finding out that their Speedmasters were being worn in space.
I am pretty stoked. THIS is what makes watches so much fun.
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