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Apollo 14 Flown Rolex GMT From the Collection of Edgar Mitchell...What a stunner!!

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Does it break a million? It will be fun to see where this goes.
It is going to be interesting to see how it ends indeed.
Just read one of my previous post. You can tell I have no idea regarding the ' value' of this watche. At the time I thought it would end around 100k which I thought was insane. It is a lot of money but now it look like a real bargain.
 
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Don't forget the 25% buyers premium plus whatever sales, use taxes may apply. Right now it's at least an $833,000 watch.
 
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Don't forget the 25% buyers premium plus whatever sales, use taxes may apply. Right now it's at least an $833,000 watch.
I learned the hard way withban auction for a breitling navitimer.
 
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Almost there... for future reference the other wrist watches in this RRauction
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ghce
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Omg and still time to go on the auction!

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ghce
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My guess is that the bidder's name starts with an E.
 
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Not exactly big bucks but I have been looking for a nice example at a good price.
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Also picked up a nice photo.
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Few others I wanted but didn't want to cough up the dough.
 
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Add any more Robbins?
Nothing this time around. Working on picking up something I hope to share soon watch related that may be of interest.
 
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Social media... ignorance is bliss... Reading most comments on the space-flown Apollo 14 Rolex GMT-master 1675 pilot watch it's clear most people have no clue about "Rolex being worn in space flight missions".
Remember already in October 1967 on X-15 flight 188 (fastest Mach 6.70) and on X-15 flight 190 William "Pete" Knight wore his Rolex GMT-master 1675 above an altitude of 50 miles (80 kilometers) high enough to earn USAF astronaut wings.
In April 1970, Apollo 13 CMP John "Jack" Swigert was the first to wear a Rolex to lunar orbit but Apollo 14 LMP Edgar Mitchell was the first to wear Rolex on the lunar surface as he wanted to gift both daughters something he had worn on the Moon. Besides his NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster number 77, Mitchell wore two personal wrist watches underneath the Apollo A7L space suit. Apollo 14 CMP Stuart Roosa and Apollo 17 CMP Ron Evans also carried their personal Rolex GMT-master 1675 to lunar orbit, while Apollo 17 Moonwalkers agreed to carry Evans's 1675 down to the Moon onboard Lunar Lander "Challenger".
Time-period NASA photos show that at least 20 Gemini-Apollo era NASA astronauts owned a personal Rolex wrist watch, some a Turn O'Graph 6202 or a Daytona 6240 but most owned a Rolex GMT-master 1675 pilot watch;
Aldrin, Borman, Carpenter, Cernan, Collins, Conrad, Cunningham, Engle, Evans, Glenn, Haise, Lovell, Mitchell, Pogue, Roosa, Shepard, Schirra, Swigert, Worden,...
NASA photo shows 1972 Space shuttle orbiter ergonomics cockpit lay-out discussions with Apollo era astronauts James Lovell, Jack Swigert and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin wearing their Rolex GMT-master 1675 pilot watch !
More photos at #Moonwatchuniverse blog 馃槈
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