It’s available on any number of online dealer sites. Yes, sir! While Commander Scott’s watch had a stainless steel finish, I chose the black colorway for my Lunar Pilot. Dark side of the moon v2.0Įarlier this year, our own Robert Farago wrote, “ OMEGA Moonwatch – Buy Something Else!” But it’s an astronaut watch! It’s supposed to be big and highly legible. Some WIS ( watch idiot savants) think it’s “too big” at 45mm across and 52mm lug-to-lug. (More later about why quartz is cool with this watch.) Some horological pedants fuss about it being a quartz movement as opposed to the mechanical movement of Commander Scott’s prototype Bulova. So it became the “Lunar Pilot.” Another “ Bulova moment.” They produced a replica watch and sent it to market.īulova wanted to call it a “Moon Watch,” but OMEGA objected, trademarks and all. That’s when the light bulb went on at Bulova Headquarters. Commander Scott kept his Bulova and stuck it in a safe deposit box. Since OMEGA watches were government issue, they were returned (and reportedly reside in the Smithsonian). The prototype was gifted to him by Bulova. His back-up watch was a Bulova prototype that didn’t make the NASA cut (OMEGA won the contract). He asked permission from NASA to use his personal back-up watch for EVA #3. Apollo 15 Mission Commander David Scott was wearing his NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster when the watch suffered a spontaneous “ major malfunction.” The crystal popped out during EVA #2 (extravehicular activity a.k.a., “moon walk”). OMEGA has long and proudly claimed to be the “ only watch worn on the moon.” For years, we’ve accepted this as gospel – a Unique Selling Proposition (USP) that couldn’t be matched. The only “Moon Watch” is Omega! Negative, Ghostrider
It turns out that the Bulova Lunar Pilot story is quite the Space Oddity. I am weak! And so began the furious late night internet hunt for more information. This time it was the Bulova “Lunar Pilot.” A forum member posted a photo of his in a “WRUW” (what are you wearing) thread, and I had to know what it was. A watch I would have otherwise never heard of jumped to front and center of my obsession.
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