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Beginning Oct. 15, RR Auction of Boston will offer for sale the only privately owned wristwatch to be worn on the surface of the moon. David Scott, the commander of NASA’s Apollo 15 mission in 1971, used the Bulova watch after his NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster broke. The unique timepiece was declared unauthorized for flight, unknown of by the public and then misidentified until last year, when Scott came forward with the details of the make and model of the wristwatch he wore on the moon.
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