From the mid-1950s to the 1970s, American watchmaker Bulova worked in partnership with NASA to provide timekeeping instruments, including clocks equipped with the brand’s signature Accutron tuning-fork technology. One of the company’s most historically significant contributions to the space program was a chronograph wristwatch, worn on the moon by Colonel Dave Scott, commander of the Apollo 15 mission on August 2, 1971 ? 50 years ago today. For the “golden anniversary” of this milestone, Bulova has issued a special edition of that timepiece with special gold details.

Bulova 50th Anniversary Lunar Pilot Limited Edition

The 50th Anniversary Lunar Pilot Limited Edition, like the steel-cased edition that preceded it in 2016, closely replicates the original model worn on the Apollo 15 mission, which was specifically engineered for space travel, with a chronograph to track the duration of oxygen supplies, battery power, and other life-sustaining onboard systems, and a case design that withstood changes in pressure, temperatures, atmospheric conditions, and gravity. On this model, the 45-mm case is made of grade 5 titanium with gold-toned crown and pushers; the gold colors are echoed on the tricompax dial, enhancing the central seconds hand, the subdials at 3, 6, and 9 o’clock, and the classic Bulova logo.
The watch’s gold-toned details include the chrono pushers and crown.

Behind a gold-toned screw-down caseback engraved with a comm...