?Watches, Stories, and Gear? is a weekly roundup of some our favorite watch content from Worn & Wound, great stories from around the web, and cool gear that we?ve got our eye on.
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“How Bulova Used a Universal Genève to Get to the Moon, and How You Can Get One Today”
“I recently got myself the Bulova Moon Watch, a reproduction released by the brand earlier this year. For those of you unaware, the watch is based on an unofficial prototype worn by Astronaut David Scott during the Apollo 15 mission. That watch first came to light in 2015 when it was auctioned and sold for $1,300,000 at RR Auctions. Bulova naturally seized on the hype, and released their homage to that now iconic watch later that year. Now, as fascinating as this all is, I prefer to dig a little deeper on the watches I buy, so I started doing some research. Specifically, I wanted to know the differences between the original and the current reproduction, so I started with the movement. In my research, there was confusion whether the original had a Valjoux 72 or 7736. But let?s shelve that for now, because as I dug deeper, I found bits of information suggesting the original watch was actually a variant of the Universal Genève Space-Compax!”
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What?s Inside" – What’s inside REAL vs FAKE Rolex"
This video?s got everything: a Dremel grinding off lugs, dials referred to as ?faces,? an Apple Watch (two of them actually...