From JustLuxe content material associate iW Journal
Accutron and Bulova have fun their shared historical past with NASA and the US house program by launching the Accutron Astronaut and Bulova Lunar Pilot, every impressed by classic space-age designs.
The brand new Accutron Astronaut
NASA labored carefully with Accutron to develop clock timers, instrument panel clocks, and inner mechanisms built-in into the numerous missions in house from the mid-Nineteen Fifties to the Seventies.
Likewise, Bulova watches had been worn by astronauts and pilots throughout the identical period. On August 2, 1971, the Apollo 15 mission commander made lunar historical past whereas sporting a Bulova chronograph.
A 60-minute timer from Accutron and NASA from the Nineteen Sixties house program.
Accutron Astronaut
Referring to the 1968 “T” model of its Astronaut mannequin, Accutron is now relaunching the mannequin with an replace that particularly highlights the watch’s distinctive day/evening bezel. The brand new 41mm metal case Accutron Astronaut is the primary reissue in what Accutron says will probably be “an thrilling new collection of Accutron Astronaut watches.”
The brand new mannequin gives a vintage-perfect double field sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating, however updates the motion with a Sellita SW330 GMT computerized caliber which, in one other replace, is partially uncovered through a case again.
Accutron matches the watch with a “bullet” metal bracelet. The Accutron Astronaut is a restricted version of 300 items. Worth: $3,500.
Bulova Moon Pilot
With two new Lunar Pilot watches, Bulova expands its in style archive collection with real vintage-sized replicas of the Bulova watch worn on the moon. Chances are you’ll keep in mind the primary (and really profitable) watch within the collection, the fiftieth Anniversary Lunar Pilot Restricted Version, a 45mm mannequin that Bulova celebrated in 2021 for the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 15 mission.
The brand new Bulova Lunar Pilot, with a black dial.
For the most recent mannequin, the case dimension stays surprisingly trendy, measuring a whopping 43.5mm in diameter.
Bulova gives the brand new watch with both a black dial (like the unique) or a sporty two-tone blue and white chronograph dial.
The brand new Bulova Lunar Pilot, with a blue and white dial.
Bulova matches each fashions with the model’s proprietary NP20 Excessive Precision Quartz (HPQ) chronograph motion correct to 1/20 second.
Each watches can be found on metal bracelets and every additionally comes with an identical leather-based strap.
Bulova connects the black version with a black leather-based strap and gives a blue leather-based strap with the two-tone chronograph. Each straps are connected to the wrist with locked spring bars for interchangeability with the bracelet as desired. Worth: $895.
