Amidst all the hoopla around the Swatch/AP collaboration release, I somehow came across this advertisement for a Bulova wristwatch that looks like a Royal Oak. With all the speculation and photoshopped images about what the Swatch/AP watch might look like

Accutron Astronaut 214HN M9 friction bezel (no click)

IT WORKED WHERE OTHERS FAILED It was worn in the left glove pocket of A-12 pilots. Mechanical watches suffered in high-speed flight: temperature swings warped movements , gaskets failed under pressure changes , and G-forces disrupted balance wheels . The

THE DANGER OF HOROLOGICAL HISTORY RE WRITTEN sadly with help from supposed knowledgable and trusted sources. Let’s set the record straight once and for all. The astronauts wore the post-1963 CHAMPION stainless steel expandable mesh bracelets made by Jacob

OMEGA SPEEDMASTER cal 321 and Jacoby Bender USA. mesh bracelet The Omega Speedmaster was officially qualified by NASA on March 1, 1965, for all crewed space missions and became standard issue for astronauts during the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Apollo-So

Spaceview by Andreas Nottebohm who did artwork for NASA and somehow made friends with my father-in-law and made a gift to us of this example of his space art. I always think of it when I strap on this Accutron! Mike

Bulova Accutron Spaceview

The early Spring Drove is amazing and so are the chronographs. Didn’t know we counted Bulova - let me add one in that case 😊 And a Bulova related Citizen ‘hummer’ 😊 And a Winnie the Pooh to complement your Mickey and Minnie 👋🏻

I am in the same situation here. I used to have a trusted vintage watchmaker for stuff like Hamilton, Benrus, Elgin, Bulova, Russians, etc who was reliable, reasonable and on top of situations. Sadly, illness hit and he had to retire. So now I am kind of

Coincidentally, I tried that very model on a couple of weeks ago at Tic Tac's brick-and-mortar shop in the Tokyo Skytree shopping complex and almost pulled the trigger.I decided to wait and see if I could snare one of the Sold Out beige-dial versions some