Very true. However, I've worn my Speedmaster since I was a high school senior and well into college at FIT (near the Cape, not the place in NYC) since 1969. I would not want to have to pay over $3,500 for a pre-owned watch like the Speedy today. But this beautiful Bulova can be had for about $400 including tax and it is way more accurate than my Speedmaster. I've sycn'd the Bulova to the international atomic standard, and after one month I can only detect about a one second difference. I can say that the Speedmaster has nowhere near that accuracy. However, the Speedy has a movement that was designed after the same movement as the Patek, (Lamonica movement?) so it's movement is superior to other competitive watches, IMO. But it can not compete, accurately, with the 262 MHz crystal of the Bulova, which is almost as good as an atomic watch, for accuracy. Besides, The Bulova can go down about 150 ft into water. Don't try that with your Speedmaster. For the price, the Bulova is a fantastic bargain. IMHO

Thanks for the extra comments regarding this watch and your comparison with the Omega speedmaster.. lve not had my Bulova that looks good but I am so glad l made this choice especially after reading your comments.

Sam Zerafa Affordability has very little do do with a watch being special. I don't have deep pockets, and yet I have owned two Speedmasters, so what you are saying is completely ludicrous. While it can be argued that the current Speedmaster with the 1861 movement never went to the moon, it has indeed gone to space and still holds the NASA certification. In its current iteration, it is still being strapped to the wrists of Astronauts to this day and it is the one watch used during all EVA's. This beautiful Bulova watch has very little to do with the one who actually went to the moon, as that one wasn't even a production model, and the movement was completely different to the one that powers the current so called Bulova Moonwatch. Sorry to burst your bubbles, but this model of a watch hasn't even seen the inside of a space shuttle, or rocket.

Bulova already supplied the " Accutron Astronaut " tuningfork wrist watch to X-15 pilots and the Mercury astronauts in the early 1960s !

and is associated with the missions involving the Lunar Rovers!

daffidavit Dude, what are you talking about? Both watches are equally water resistant to 50m.

Thanks for the update. What did it sell for..? Also for you think the story of the the Omega failure could be BS..?

@@MBCGRS October 22, 2015; the only privately owned wrist watch to be worn on the surface of the moon was auctioned for $1.3 million ($1.625 million includes the buyer's premium charged by the auction house). #MoonwatchUniverse

@phmwu7368 Wasn't there a Rolex GMT on Apollo 17 that made it to the surface but wasn't actually worn..? Owned by Ron Evans.

@@MBCGRS Indeed and on Apollo 13 Jack Swigert wore a Rolex GMT-master 1675 and in 1971 on Apollo 14 both Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell wore a Rolex GMT-master 1675 ! #MoonwatchUniverse

I've been trying to get a good Strella 3113, but now they are higher than a cat's back. When I didn't want one they were giving them away, now they are in demand for whatever reason. and I cant just buy one for the price I want. Guess I'll have to do a restoration on one, that way I know it's done right.

No Sturmanskie?

The Poljot is not a Moon watch, comrade.

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hi graham thank you it was an honor telling the story.

YourBestFriend thank you it was fun tell the story.

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because of that fiasco its clear he had finance in mind. I would bet money that he took this watch fully intending to use it on the moon and sell it at some point which is what he did. the fact that the failure of his speedy was not documented in the a15 mission report while Charlie Dukes was on the next mission also makes me doubt it truly "failed"

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And, what movement was in the original Speedmaster? Lemania 321. Great story thoUGH.

And the speedmaster had a case by Huguenin Freres and a movement by lemania. That was just how the watch industry worked back then. Even rolex used dials made by singer and cases and bracelets from different suppliers. The concept of “in house” is a relatively recent one as watches became more about luxury and exclusivity than pure function

Jesus Christ. Where have you been? Apollo 7 - first manned Apollo mission Earth orbit Command Module test. Apollo 8 - first mission to Moon did not land. Apollo 9 - tested LEM in Earth orbit. Apollo 10 - tested LEM in Moon orbit to 8.4 miles of Moon surface. Apollo 11 first landing on the Moon. Apollo 12 - first precision landing on the Moon next to Surveyor 3. Apollo 13 - aborted Moon landing circumnavigated Moon furthest man has ever traveled from Earth. Apollo 14 - two day stay on the Moon. Apollo 15 - first use of Lunar Roving Vehicle. Apollo 16 - 3 EVAs totaling 20 hours 16 minutes drove LRV 16.6 miles. Apollo 17 - first scientist on the Moon.

Omega failed on this one! The glass popped out! Bulova Moon Watch #1!

YourBestFriend out of all the Speedmasters that went to the moon and that see duty to this day, on EVA's, the fact that one or two or a couple have failed, doesn't say anything about the quality of the Omega Speedmasters in general.

jaime pereira yes it does, it means they are not reliable! so go buy a fucking Bulova and shut the fuck up!

YourBestFriend dude, please. How about growing up? We're talking one, one speedmaster which failed. Many things have gone wrong in space. Ever hear of Apollo 13? Bulova had been trying unsuccessfully hard to get their wrist watches in the space program for years, even trying to force their way into it not by the sheer prowess of their wristwatches but by claiming they were an American company and the law protected them. Since that didn't happen, they decided to make a "special" one which wasn't even a production model with a Universal chrono movement (A watch which holds very little in common with this so called "moonwatch) and gave it to Scott . Funny that of the other speedmasters there on that ocassion, his was the one that failed. Hmm... What a damn coincidence! That being said, Omega Speedmasters have proven reliable for over 50 years in and out of space, difusión, so what you are saying about their reliability based on that incident is really an ignorant and childish point, which anyone with basic knowledge and an unbiased mind, can easily refute. Dude, even the Seiko Pogue, which didn't make it to the moon either, has more pedigree and space cojones than this Bulova (which isn't even made by the same Bulova company, of yore.... it doesn't even have that going for it). This is a nice watch, for what it is, but its relationship with space is nothing but hype and can't even come close to that of the Fortis, Seiko Pogue, much less to that of the Speedy!

jaime pereira "ignorant and childish" point? hehe you're so funny! Altough im 9 years old, my point its not ignorant and childish... Read again my coment: "Omega failed on this one!..." I didnt say Bulova was better, i said, on that one, Omega Fucked it up! So... Who is ignorant now?

You having an intellect..... FAKE!

jim LEHMN - once Omega got to the moon, I really don't think think they give two shits about Rolex..

@@classic-kool Rolex has gone to space lol along with many other watch brands , including seiko and g shock,