Fifty years ago, Apollo 15 went to the moon. With it, of course, there was a watch. No, not the watch you most commonly think of as the Moon Watch. It was a Bulova chronograph specifically to help track the stuff the astronauts needed. Earlier this month, Bulova introduced the Lunar Pilot Blood Moon.
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Lunar Pilot Blood Moon: why that name?
A blood moon is a reference to the tint that the moon takes before it’s eclipsed by the sun. So, this establishes another shade with a moon watch. White or black, those are easy to understand, but now we can have red.
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The watch
Aside from the dial color, the Bulova Lunar Pilot Blood Moon is very much the same Bulova Lunar Pilot that we’ve written about before. Even though you and I are not going to be heading into space anytime soon, you can still use all of the chronograph functionality here on terra firma.
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Wrapping things up
As with last week’s Bulova watch (seen here), the Lunar Pilot Blood Moon has a quartz movement runing at 262 kHz, which makes it super precise. If you want to get one, they’re just $895, and it comes with both a bracelet and a strap. Check out the details, and order yours, at bulova.com
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Bulova Lunar Pilot Blood Moon Tech Specs
- Model: 96K115
- Movement: NP20
- Technology
- HPQ NP20
- A movement featuring a 3-pronged quartz crystal with a frequency of 262 kHz that is 8 times greater than standard quartz, leading to an accuracy of seconds a year.
- Case Width (mm): 43.5
- Lug Width (mm): 20
- Dial
- Red
- Silver Accents
- Luminous Hands and Markers
- Strap Type
- Combination Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless Steel
- Case Material
- Silver-Tone
- Stainless Steel
- Clasp: Deployant Clasp with Push Buttons
- Crystal
- Anti-Reflective Sapphire Crystal
- Impact and shatter resistant – anti-reflective coating deflects light
- Water-Resistance: 0050M
- Additional Functions
- 6 Hand
- Chronograph
- High Performance Quartz