Thanks in anticipation.ĭoes anyone know how the owner can be contacted?įrom my experience Kizzi doesn't reply to emails, however I got the impression that stock reappears as he completes each individual watch strap. I did message them through the site but no answer received weeks later. Does anyone know how the owner can be contacted? I see the long Apollo strap with typwriter font on brown/green tape is showing as "sold out." Do you plan to produce any more stock of this version, or did I miss the boat? Many watchforum member report no problem with the watchband, such as in this forum post: Re: New Bulova Moon Watch: Adding some character.Īs for the replica Scott's Velcro strap that comes with Bulova's Special Edition Moon Chronograph Watch, I'm not worried by the competition! (Bulova's Special Edition Moon Chronograph Watch replica comes with a replica of Scott's Velcro strap.) Is this strap suitable for use with the Bulova Moonwatch? Or which one would you suggest? Thanks.ĭavid Scott used his NASA-issued Omega Velcro strap to wear the Bulova. Indeed superb items in both short and long version straps for the moonwatch. For example, it wouldn't affect the accurate appearance of the replica to use a serial number starting with a digit not actually used by NASA. It could be a discrete marking of some kind but it should be indisputable proof that the item is not an original.Īlso, I don't think you should use a real serial number. To avoid any confusion now or in the future I would strongly suggest that you mark the item as a replica in some way that can be easily checked. They're the best looking replicas out there. I can vouch for Phil and the Omega straps that he's producing. Early days still, just sourcing the right materials! Yes, once I developed the techniques of making the steel loops, and the printing, and tamed a semi-industrial sewing machine, they're quite fun to make. I do think it is the most accurate NASA watch strap for the Omega, though.ĭo you have any plans of making more than the one you have? It's not really a 1:1 scale model, but not an original flown item either. Sometimes you see CF-55052-5 printed on the watch strap, but that's for the original Gemini project design, with a rounded tab end.Īll in all I'm very pleased with the results. The best resource now available is based on JSC part numbering system for flight hardware. Bonhams did have a photograph that you could zoom in on for Fred Haise's Apollo 13 watchstrap, but that has now been removed. The last problem was what sort of markings should be printed on the watch strap. A search for "Chronograph, Irwin, Apollo 15" and "Ron Evans SEB12100030 1087" should bring up contemporary photographs of each. This is born out by the pages 8.4-1 to 8.4-3 of Handbook of Pilot Operational Equipment for Manned Space Flight. So the Apollo moon watch strap used for an Omega Speedmaster has to be either the -202 or the -209/210. NASA noted that Apollo 17 left two wrist mirror and SEB12100030-201 watchbands on the moon. The 19 inch -201 Velcro watchband also seems to have been either for the cuff checklist or the mirror (from image here). This also seems to bear out that I can't find any pictures of white watch straps used other than for training, such as here. It's apparent that only the -201/202 and -209/210 configurations where made from black Velcro, while the six other configurations were all made from beta fabric (or Velcro made from beta fabric) so as to be fireproof in 100% oxygen. Sheet one of the blueprints details all the material specifications that the watch strap should be made from, for example: SEB12100030, so I had to choose which one was flown to the moon. There are about 10 watchbands in the Dwg. Firstly, I based my research on blueprints in Chuck Maddox's site. To cut to the chase, pictures of the finished article are available here.īeing a scale modeller, I've approached it as I would if I was making as accurate model as I could. I'd like to share what I've been making: a Velcro watch strap for my Omega Speedmaster. Topic: Replica Omega Speedmaster velcro strap Profile | register | preferences | faq | search Replica Omega Speedmaster velcro strap - collectSPACE: Messages
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