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Old 27 September 2024, 06:38 AM   #1
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Apollo 14 Flown Rolex GMT From the Collection of Edgar Mitchell...What a stunner!!

You don't see something like this one very often. What a stunner!!

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"Edgar Mitchell's flown Rolex GMT-Master chronometer watch (Reference #1675) worn on the Apollo 14 mission, serial no. 2448767, as seen in film footage of Mitchell suiting up prior to flight and in onboard footage taken inside the Command Module. The caseback is engraved, "Worn by Cdr. E. Mitchell on Apollo 14, 1971, To Karlin—My Daughter." It features a 26-jewel Oyster Perpetual Movement, black dial, blue-and-red bezel with 24-hour scale (nicknamed the 'Pepsi' color scheme), date indicator with famous Rolex 'Cyclops' magnifying bubble in the acrylic crystal, and Rolex Steelinox bracelet with fliplock clasp."

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Old 27 September 2024, 09:04 AM   #2
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Amazing. Thanks for sharing!
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Old 27 September 2024, 11:42 AM   #3
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Old 27 September 2024, 08:52 PM   #4
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Apollo 14 Flown Rolex GMT From the Collection of Edgar Mitchell...What a stunner!!

Thanks for sharing, she’s in beautiful condition too.
I wonder if he wore it on the lunar surface….


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Old 27 September 2024, 10:11 PM   #5
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That's out of this world provenance.
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Old 27 September 2024, 10:15 PM   #6
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We need more posts like this.
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Old 27 September 2024, 10:28 PM   #7
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I didn’t click the link, but it sounds amazing
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Old 27 September 2024, 11:30 PM   #8
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as a cynical old guy I'm not impressed by much - however this is just cool
thanks for sharing
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Old 28 September 2024, 12:36 AM   #9
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It may be cheap now at only 13 grand but that auction runs for another month.
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Old 28 September 2024, 12:37 AM   #10
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There you go





















$400k estimate
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Old 28 September 2024, 12:44 AM   #11
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Why does the engraving on the caseback look so fresh?


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Old 28 September 2024, 12:50 AM   #12
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Thanks for sharing, she’s in beautiful condition too.
I wonder if he wore it on the lunar surface
Presumably he did wear it as he and Alan Shepard walked on the moon. I suppose he could have left the watch in the lunar module, but why would he?

Pretty darn cool to think he was wearing this GMT as he collected rocks and soil on the moon.
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Old 28 September 2024, 12:59 AM   #13
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It looks like he engraved it later in its life, just before gifting it to his daughter, and I assume she never wore it or hardly ever did.
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Old 28 September 2024, 01:00 AM   #14
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Great looking watch and someone is going to buy a piece of history
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Old 28 September 2024, 01:00 AM   #15
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It looks like he engraved it later in its life, just before gifting it to his daughter, and I assume she never wore it or hardly ever did.




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Old 28 September 2024, 01:02 AM   #16
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Thank you for uploading the images. I could not get them to load.

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I think the engraving is just as fresh looking as the watch itself. Most likely it’s been sitting aside for years unworn until now.
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Old 28 September 2024, 01:58 AM   #17
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If the eventual buyer then posts here as an *incoming*, would that beat the LeMans Daytona for best incoming post ever?
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Old 28 September 2024, 02:49 AM   #18
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Impeccable provenance and condition, there is no level greater than his one… thanks for sharing.
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Old 28 September 2024, 08:42 PM   #19
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IMHO : End-links 285 for 1665...
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Old 29 September 2024, 09:27 AM   #20
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Old 29 September 2024, 11:35 PM   #21
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IMHO : End-links 285 for 1665...
Funny post, as if that matters. He needed that bracelet with the diver extension to get it over his spacesuit. Makes it even cooler!
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Old 1 October 2024, 12:27 AM   #22
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This the coolest GMT to ever hit the auction block, 1.25 mil hammer is my guess AND that will be a bargain to be able to own and set the next price for this hammer.
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Old 1 October 2024, 11:28 PM   #23
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Who ever recut that case and eventually laserwelded it commited a crime
Why erasing all signs of 5this amazing history?
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Old 2 October 2024, 12:27 AM   #24
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Who ever recut that case and eventually laserwelded it commited a crime
Why erasing all signs of 5this amazing history?
What makes you think it was laser-welded?
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Old 2 October 2024, 12:57 AM   #25
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Who ever recut that case and eventually laserwelded it commited a crime
Why erasing all signs of 5this amazing history?
Don't forget the re-lume and artificial fading of the insert. :eyeroll:
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Old 17 October 2024, 10:36 AM   #26
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Checking in on this today and the current bid is $551,406 with 8 days to go.
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Old 17 October 2024, 04:02 PM   #27
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Don't forget the re-lume and artificial fading of the insert. :eyeroll:

What re-lume? Nothing wrong with that dial..


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Old 17 October 2024, 05:32 PM   #28
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I was going to buy this but it looks like it has service hands. Now I'm not interested.
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Old 17 October 2024, 10:51 PM   #29
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Im sure Rolex is in the hunt and will probably be the one who buys it for their collection
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Old 18 October 2024, 02:58 AM   #30
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I suppose he could have left the watch in the lunar module, but why would he?
Bad neighborhood?
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