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My son (7) finds it very funny seeing his father posting pictures of watches.....
One week ago he won his first soccer-cup.... and asked me to post it on this forum.... here it is
 
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OVER THE MOON!

This just in from @JohnSteed . My "exit Speedy." '66 CB



Almost too nice to wear... Almost.馃榿
 
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After 6 weeks of full speedy wrist time, a blue Tuesday. 004b30ba54e9cb7f683c1b30f4b76276.jpg

Stunning. What GS is this exactly?
 
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OVER THE MOON!

This just in from @JohnSteed . My "exit Speedy." '66 CB



Almost too nice to wear... Almost.馃榿
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Excellent!
 
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Wonderful 馃グ

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I'm like 2nd in the dibs list, right !?

Thanks for the compliments!馃槦 And yes, you are second on the list sir!馃摉
 
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Time for a fresh watch. The freshest you've got. No more of this old stuff.

 
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Pic from a couple of days ago but this is the watch on my wrist today. 1979 Heuer Monnin e6db4c08442e78afd23bae9f7d0bac0a.jpg
 
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Timex double dogging it today...I purchased both Timex watches new at the NAS North Island Navy Exchange in the late '80's or early '90's...they are not military issued watches. The Timex on the left in both pics is a hand wind. If I remember correctly, these Timex watches were called "The Camper" or "Camper"...but I'm not absolutely sure about that.

 
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Nice. The other moon watch, right? Just wait and see what happens to the price of these when that becomes better known.

http://chuckmaddoxwatch.blogspot.com.au/2004/12/another-possibility-for-david-scotts.html
I had seen that post before and others in which the "other" watch that David Scott wore on the moon after the crystal "popped off" his Speedie, during EVA-2 I think it was, was contemplated. There is even transcript evidence where he stated to Houston that he was wearing his Waltham that I read somewhere. It was proffered by many that it was either the model I just obtained or one similar to the one that @bristnj posted above saying Hi! Chuck had written more about it here:
http://www.chronomaddox.com/moonmovement.html

However, between 2011-2014, after Chuck unfortunately passed, it appears that Scott recognized that he made a mistake when he said he was wearing a Waltham, as well as the way that he remembered the watch for years after when he allegedly always stated that he had a Waltham with him. The watch he did have went right to a safety deposit box after he returned, not to be looked at again until sometime btw 2011-2014. The "other" Moonwatch was not a Waltham as it turns out, but rather this Bulova Chronograph A (notice the large crown and flat pushers that would, presumably, be easier to operate with a space glove on!):
apollo15-bulovachronograph01.jpg
If a Rodania Geometer is a long lost sibling of a Speedie Broad Arrow, surely this is a long lost sibling of a moonwatch!

To not be accused of plagiarism, I must credit this information to collector Larry McGlynn who purchased the Bulova timer that was also onboard from Scott at auction in 2011, later writing about it. Through his personal connection with Scott, it seems he had Scott confirm the true identity of the "other" moonwatch by retrieving it from the safe deposit box to photograph and put the myth to rest once and for all.

For those interested, more here:
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum14/HTML/001199.html
And info re the Bulova timer McGlynn bought and his article here:
http://www.spaceartifactsarchive.com/2014/01/the-watches-of-apollo.html

Enjoy!
 
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I need to figure out a project to use my cork excess... 馃檮

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