Great collection!

 

Thank you! Here are a few more.

1934 'Oakley'.






The box is this graduation 'mortar board's hat.





1942 'Stop-Watch'. Missing the rare sweep hand.







1943 Type A-11 military.







1945 rose gold 'Spencer'.







1975 Accutron.






Cheers, Bob.

 

Just got my Spaceview!
Had a Caravelle collection for a while, for its daring designs.

 

Bob, I see you recently joined OF, welcome! Again, what a great collection. Thanks for sharing. I especially like the graduation mortar board presentation box. What a great find and example of marketing genius from a bygone era. I now know who to contact when I have Bulova questions. Cheers!

 

Thanks again, and just edited my last post to add a one button chronograph.

 

I don't believe I have ever seen that one button chronograph model before. Is that an in-house Bulova movement? The addition of product packaging and period advertisements really ads to your collection. I love the text of the Gamler's ad for the chronograph, "Insured against holdup, fire, burglary, etc. at no extra cost to you."

 

Yes, the in-house design was designed at Bulova Switzerland but all manufacture was moved to the USA because of the wartime difficulties of importing from Europe.
The 10 AH is only 10.5"', and the case measures 28mm. without crown. Very unusual!

 

Bulova Accutron Astronaut 1966

 

Just thought I would add a few more advertising items.

1951 ad for the mortarboard box.






1920's watch box with outer box, satin lined with mother of pearl opening stud.






1925 commemorative movement holder.







Circa 1950 ladies watch box.

 

Composition of 2 NASA photos clearly showing Apollo 15 commander David Scott wearing the Bulova chronograph on his left wrist during recovery operations by the USS Okinawa in the North Pacific Ocean on August 7, 1971... Apollo 15 lasted 12 Days 7 Hours and became the first long-stay J-mission carrying a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
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They should market that.

 

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Moreover we'll be celebrating 50 years since the end of the X-15 program soon...
Looks like Bulova is not interested in marketing, as there was a problem bringing out the Apollo 15 replica chronograph:
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-041118a-moon-watch-astronaut-lawsuit.html

 

Scott v. Citizen Watch Co.

If an astronaut wears a wristwatch on the surface of the moon, does the watchmaker then have the right to use the moonwalker's name and likeness to market a replica of the lunar-landed timepiece?

Dave Scott, who went to the moon in 1971 on the Apollo 15 mission, wore a timepiece that Bulova gave him. Scott objected to Bulova’s use of his name when it issued a commemorative timepiece in 2015.

The defendants had given a false impression of his endorsement in order to drive up the value and exposure of the “Lunar Pilot Chronograph” (LPC). He also claimed that Citizen had exploited his unique role as an extraterrestrial explorer to line their own pockets, thereby ruining his carefully cultivated image – Scott claimed to have rarely taken advantage of commercial opportunities related to his star-farer status.

 

"Scott claimed to have rarely taken advantage of commercial opportunities related to his star-farer status."

Really? Like the postage stamps: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAAegQIABAB&usg=AOvVaw1j_F6ojyKmtQZWl2UqkgS2
Or the Bulova stop watch used to time the re-entry burn? Or the Bulova chronograph?

He doth protest too much...

 

On postage stamps ...

1. The Postal Service will honor extraordinary and enduring contributions to American society, history, culture or environment.
2. there is no financial gain rather a grateful country saying thank u ... to the individual ... Scott had no say in this rather his government and country agreed to honor him ...

 

In their separate filings for a summary judgement, Bulova (the Citizen Watch Company of America) claimed in part that the use of Scott's name and likeness — the latter in both photo and video form — was incidental and fell under fair use. Which seems to suggest they did not reach out / inform or seek endorsement or approval from Mr. Scott ....

"What compels the court ... is the fine line that must be drawn between the historical event that was Apollo 15 and the person that is David Randolph Scott," ... "The fact that Bulova manufactured Scott's original chronograph certainly gives Bulova greater license to boast about its connection to the Apollo 15 mission. But whatever connection the original chronograph created between Bulova and Apollo 15 does not automatically make Scott fair game." ... as per the Judge who ruled as to why Mr. Scott has a valid lawsuit

 

"The crew of Apollo 15 (1971), the fourth successful manned lunar landing mission, took several hundred commemorative postage stamp covers into space with them, not all of which were listed on NASA's manifests. When in 1972 it became widely known that some of these envelopes were being sold for over a thousand dollars each, there was a considerable scandal, and none of the three astronauts ever flew in space again."

"Prior to the launch of Apollo 15 in July 1971, the three astronauts, David Scott, Alfred Worden and James Irwin agreed to a proposal from Horst Eiermann that they carry postal covers to the Moon, in exchange for $7,000 for each of them."

 

In their separate filings for a summary judgement, Bulova (the Citizen Watch Company of America) claimed in part that the use of Scott's name and likeness — the latter in both photo and video form — was incidental and fell under ..... " FAIR USE " ..... . Which seems to suggest they did not reach out / inform or seek endorsement or approval from Mr. Scott ....

 

more on court material concerning lawsuit ....

Forty-four years later, Scott auctioned the Bulova watch for a record $1.625 million( PERSONAL SALE).

One month after the sale ..... ..... Bulova announced it was producing a "re-edition" of the watch.

The special edition moon watch replica took its "inspiration from astronaut Dave Scott's personal Bulova chronograph worn during the Apollo 15 moon landing," Bulova wrote on its website in early 2016.

" That text, along with other examples, including the content of a booklet packaged with the replica moon watch and the description that Kay (jewelers) posted to its website, made reference to Scott without his permission, he said, violating his "right of publicity through commercial appropriation" and was an unauthorized use of his persona. "