That article says the 1962 had a spade handset. I think that is not correct. Here is a 1962 that I preciously owned: (Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse)
I believe the spade hands were only on the very earliest Astronauts that did not have lume. Once they started applying lume they changed to the hand set yours and mine have.
Here is my full set, box, papers, hang tag, extra battery set from my 1963 Astronaut. It contains the brochure with the picture of the "regular" dial that is claimed to be non-luminescent. When every dial has lume, the regular meaning of regular is that it describes a dial with lume. It is illogical to conclude that regular means no lume. I don't believe regular means non-luminescent. Only one person claimed to have a 62 spade hand with a dial which didn't have luminescence and that had enough issues to believe it did not come like that from Bulova.
I went digging around on MyBulova.com and there they have two M2s with spade hands on their site, one with lume and one without.
You are completely aware of the controversy regarding this watch as well as I am. Anyone can put anything on the internet. It doesn't make it evidence of reality. The internet also doesn't forget: https://omegaforums.net/threads/accutron-214-astronaut.85321/ I don't buy it. However, people believe in crazier stuff than this so no biggie. Interesting to see the ongoing campaign for legitimacy.
I had actually forgotten about that controversy. It is probably time for that article to be edited, and for MyBulova to pull the watch in question.
Here is a different but still interesting topic on the Bulova watch that went to the moon on Apollo 15. https://wornandwound.com/bulova-used-universal-geneve-get-moon-can-get-one-today/ Here are a couple of excerpts: "The story goes like this. Bulova, among others, failed the initial moon watch testing in 1965. In 1972, brands that previously failed got a second chance when NASA embarked on the Second Qualification Program, something that was heavily promoted by General Bradley, President of Bulova...." "...Bulova at the time did not have any chronograph movements. Instead, it is believed that Bulova procured 16 complete Swiss chronographs from their subsidiary, Universal Genève, having acquired ownership of UG in 1967." [Yes, Bulova owned UG. That would have been an amazing partnership today.] "...Ultimately, officials concluded that the Skylab missions would continue with the Speedmaster and, while unconfirmed, it’s likely that Scott was eventually gifted one of the prototypes."
Let's not forget David Scott also used a Bulova stopwatch with 30 seconds dial in order to time 24 seconds DOI - Descent Orbit Insertion. With a bright clear 5 cm dial the Bulova stopwatch was ideal for double checking burns during Apollo 15 ... photo: RR auctions .
80 years ago... USAF Test Pilot School In 1944 the advanced flight training school was founded to train experimental test pilots and flight research engineers. In February 1951 the school moved from Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton - Ohio to Edwards AFB in California. Among the commanding officers of the USAF test pilot school we remember Charles "Chuck" Yeager and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. Some of the greatest test pilots who concluded the ARPS course became NASA astronauts ; Borman, Collins, Grissom, Engle, Fullerton, Haise, McDivitt, Stafford... During the 1960s the Accutron Astronaut became a test pilot's favorite crown-less wrist watch, even used on the Lockheed A-12 spy plane. The USAF TPS yearbooks are a great source for photographs! (Photo: MoonwatchUniverse) .