Here are some pictures of X-15 pilots actually wearing this very model of Astronaut M2 watch with the white spade hands and very rare "Simple Dial", The photo clearly show the white spade hand set that was used for less than a year ! Bulova at the time set a record for the worlds longest watch band that they made for the X-15 pilots so they could wear there Accutron Astronauts on the outside of their pressure suit in the hostile environment of the X-15 cockpit !
Here is a VERY rare picture of Neil Armstrong wearing his M2 ! It can be seen sporting one of Bulova's record setting longest watch band made for the X-15 pilots ! If it can be said the the omega "speedmaster" was the "moon watch" Then the Accutron M2 Astronaut was no doubt the "X-15 Watch" that went higher and faster in the worst imaginable environment then any other watch up to that point strapped to the outside of a X-15 pilots pressure suit on their wrist, And they preformed flawlessly !
This is the 1962 New York news paper article talking about the record setting longest watch band made by Bulova for the X-15 pilots !
In reply to Here are some pictures of by Accutronitis
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Here are some pictures of X-15 pilots actually wearing this very model of Astronaut M2 watch with the white spade hands and very rare "Simple Dial", The photo clearly show the white spade hand set that was used for less than a year ! Bulova at the time set a record for the worlds longest watch band that they made for the X-15 pilots so they could wear there Accutron Astronauts on the outside of their pressure suit in the hostile environment of the X-15 cockpit !
Here is a VERY rare picture of Neil Armstrong wearing his M2 ! It can be seen sporting one of Bulova's record setting longest watch band made for the X-15 pilots ! If it can be said the the omega "speedmaster" was the "moon watch" Then the Accutron M2 Astronaut was no doubt the "X-15 Watch" that went higher and faster in the worst imaginable environment then any other watch up to that point strapped to the outside of a X-15 pilots pressure suit on their wrist, And they preformed flawlessly !
This is the 1962 New York news paper article talking about the record setting longest watch band made by Bulova for the X-15 pilots !
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I know this is a bot of an old thread, but does anyone here have the x-15 strap or a good photo of it?
In reply to Accutronitis wrote: Here are by macosie
The hand set first used on the new all stainless steel Accutron GMT watch (which had yet to be named Astronaut) was lifted from the Bulova Timer Labs and was the Bulova Accutron Hand Set P/n WS-25 white spade Bulova had already been using on all there aerospace clocks and timers.....
Here's a very little known fact that i'm sure you haven't heard before about the Accutron 214 and Bulova Timer Labs and even people who worked for Bulova outside of the Timer Labs didn't even know, The Bulova Timer Labs made a Index wheel out of a different material than was used for all their consumer grade watches and they were used exclusively by Bulova Timer Labs in all of their aerospace grade clocks and timers that were used by NASA and went into space plus Bulova Timer Labs (the department responsible for Bulova's line of Marine Navigators) also used these specially made Indexing Wheel in their 214 based Marine Navigators !
They were made out of Paliney 7, Paliney 7 is a Palladium, silver age-hardenable alloy that in addition contains 10% gold and 10% platinum and that's why it looks silver compared to a standard index wheel which is made out of Beryllium Copper and have a Copper color.....
You heard that here first on myBulova !