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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!!
Courtesy RR Auction "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." https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/l...ction/?cat=740 |
27 September 2024, 09:04 AM | #2 |
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Amazing. Thanks for sharing!
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27 September 2024, 11:42 AM | #3 |
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Out of this world!
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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…. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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27 September 2024, 10:11 PM | #5 |
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That's out of this world provenance.
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27 September 2024, 10:15 PM | #6 |
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We need more posts like this.
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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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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 |
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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28 September 2024, 12:37 AM | #10 |
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28 September 2024, 12:44 AM | #11 |
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28 September 2024, 12:50 AM | #12 | |
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Pretty darn cool to think he was wearing this GMT as he collected rocks and soil on the moon. |
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28 September 2024, 12:59 AM | #13 |
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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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28 September 2024, 01:00 AM | #15 |
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28 September 2024, 01:02 AM | #16 |
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Thank you for uploading the images. I could not get them to load.
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. |
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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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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28 September 2024, 08:42 PM | #19 |
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IMHO : End-links 285 for 1665...
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29 September 2024, 09:27 AM | #20 |
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Wow
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29 September 2024, 11:35 PM | #21 |
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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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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? |
2 October 2024, 12:27 AM | #24 |
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Don't forget the re-lume and artificial fading of the insert. :eyeroll:
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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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What re-lume? Nothing wrong with that dial.. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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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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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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