Bulova Men's Lunar Pilot Chronograph Watch

The Bulova Lunar Pilot Chronograph, part of the Bulova Archive Series, made space history on August 2, 1971, during the Apollo 15 mission, when a moon pilot chronograph customized for lunar conditions by Bulova engineers was worn on the moon. Now Bulova makes history again with the special edition Lunar Pilot Chronograph, updated with the company's exclusive high-performance quartz movement featuring a frequency of 262 kHz for unparalleled accuracy, continuing a legacy of precision timing.

Crafted in stainless steel with a curved crystal, the Lunar Pilot Chronograph boasts a multiple-layer black carbon fiber, blue, silver, and black dial. It offers chronograph measurement of hours, minutes, seconds, 1/10-seconds, 1/100-seconds, and 1/1,000-seconds, with a yellow continuously sweeping second hand, luminous hour and minute hands, and luminous markers. Additional features include a tachymeter, calendar, screw-back case, screw-down crown, double-press fold-over clasp with safety lock, and water resistance to 300 meters.

At the heart of the watch is Bulova's proprietary Precisionist-class torsional resonator movement, custom-engineered to provide accuracy to within seconds per year. This proprietary movement, including the signature floating second hand, also offers a resistance to gravitational error that makes it superior in performance to any mechanical watch on the market.

From the Precisionist Collection, this advanced chronograph offers 1/1,000-second precision over a twelve-hour time frame, with accuracy to within seconds a year. Each style features four subdials to display the cumulative time at a single glance, with individual measurements on the combined 1/10- and 1/100-second counter, as well as the hour and minute dials, dual-duty floating second hand, and a distinctive 1/1,000-second track with retrograde indicator.

Bulova's pioneering spirit and commitment to innovation date back to 1875, when Joseph Bulova, a 23-year-old immigrant, established the company in New York City. Bulova has stood at the forefront of timekeeping innovation, registering over 50 patents and introducing groundbreaking products such as the first full lines of men's (1919) and ladies' (1924) wristwatches, the first clock/radio (1928), and the first electric clock (1931). To ensure the utmost in precision, Bulova even established its own observatory in 1920, located atop its New York skyscraper.

Following World War II, Bulova established The Bulova School of Watchmaking to train disabled veterans for positions in the watch and jewelry industry. In 1960, the company changed timekeeping forever with the revolutionary Accutron, the world's first fully electronic watch, which became an integral component of U.S. space technology, with Accutron timing used on 46 NASA missions, including Apollo XI, the first lunar landing (1969).

Today, Bulova continues its legacy of innovation and craftsmanship, offering an extensive selection of watches, including the signature Bulova brand, Bulova AccuSwiss, Bulova Accutron II, and Caravelle New York, as well as the award-winning Bulova Clocks.

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