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··ΩF InvestiGatorYou could have bought one last weekend:
From the Estate of Sen. John Glenn:
https://www.estatesales.net/MD/Potomac/20854/1799079
A couple of interesting LeCoultres were sold. One example always showed 13 o'clock:
Another was far more interesting. A 24-hour LeCoultre, not named Quartermaster:
@Jeff Stein from On The Dash had a good question about this watch. Turns out that it is a real "astronaut's watch". Apparently, several of these were purchased for the original Mercury 7 team. The astronauts didn't really care for them due to the different position of the hands on the dial. They weren't used during the missions (that anyone recorded). The one above was Sen. John Glenn's.
This is Wally Schirra's LeCoultre with the original band:
https://classic.liveauctioneers.com/item/5712524_57-schirra-s-watch-during-mercury-training
Looks like Alan Shepard had one also:
Note the band, same as Schirra's. These would have pre-dated the Speedmasters.
Here's a forum that discusses these watches about halfway down the page.
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/For...0), Regency Superior will auction this watch:
Three out of eight isn't bad for a half-hour's work. I'm not sure that any of this style of 24 hour LeCoultre was sold to the public, so eight might be all that ever existed.
Certainly much rarer than a Speedmaster or Seiko Pogue. If you see another, the chances are good that it was owned by one of the original Mercury astronauts.
gatorcpa
From the Estate of Sen. John Glenn:
https://www.estatesales.net/MD/Potomac/20854/1799079
A couple of interesting LeCoultres were sold. One example always showed 13 o'clock:
Another was far more interesting. A 24-hour LeCoultre, not named Quartermaster:
@Jeff Stein from On The Dash had a good question about this watch. Turns out that it is a real "astronaut's watch". Apparently, several of these were purchased for the original Mercury 7 team. The astronauts didn't really care for them due to the different position of the hands on the dial. They weren't used during the missions (that anyone recorded). The one above was Sen. John Glenn's.
This is Wally Schirra's LeCoultre with the original band:
https://classic.liveauctioneers.com/item/5712524_57-schirra-s-watch-during-mercury-training
Looks like Alan Shepard had one also:
Note the band, same as Schirra's. These would have pre-dated the Speedmasters.
Here's a forum that discusses these watches about halfway down the page.
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/For...0), Regency Superior will auction this watch:
Three out of eight isn't bad for a half-hour's work. I'm not sure that any of this style of 24 hour LeCoultre was sold to the public, so eight might be all that ever existed.
Certainly much rarer than a Speedmaster or Seiko Pogue. If you see another, the chances are good that it was owned by one of the original Mercury astronauts.
gatorcpa
