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1961 Life Magazine Cover - Alan Sheppard
Mar 13, 2018,20:17 PM
Note the watch on Alan Sheppard's wrist in this cover photo. I think it is the same LeCoultre. At least the band looks the same.
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LeCoultre -- Military Style Watch, with 24-Hour Indication
By: OnTheDash : March 12th, 2018-13:12
Is anyone familiar with this watch? Authentic? Military-issued? Any interesting history, etc.? Sorry about the poor-quality photo, but that's all I have at the moment. Thanks in advance, Jeff ...
AFAIK, LeCoultre only did one with ...
By: blomman Mr Blue : March 12th, 2018-23:35
This kind of 24h dial, the Quartermaster. If this is one, then the dial is a really bad repaint.... Do a search here in the forum you will find photos of mine. Best Blomman
Series Produced for the Seven Mercury Astronauts?? This One, John Glenn's.
By: OnTheDash : March 13th, 2018-01:16
You guys are the LeCoultre experts, and I sincerely appreciate your responses. My quick research suggests that NASA ordered (at least) eight of these watches, and gave one of them to each of the seven Mercury astronauts. This would have been in the Mercur...
Well, never claimed to be an expert....
By: blomman Mr Blue : March 13th, 2018-03:02
Only 8 pieces made for a special occation in US... Never heard of any claims that JLC delivered any watches to NASA. As for this watch, most likely the same movement as in the Quartermaster, Cal 480 CW. Strange choice for an astronout watch. OK, the 24h d...
Yes -- A Strange Story . . . Le Coultre Watches for Mercury Astronauts
By: OnTheDash : March 13th, 2018-03:24
No doubt, a very strange story . . . and almost 60 years later, it is difficult to suggest how these eight watches would have been ordered / produced / supplied. But it was being sold with other items from the estate of John Glenn, and the watch matches t...
Thanks in advance
By: MTF : March 13th, 2018-05:50
Jeff, We await your investigative result with anticipation... Thanks, mate. Regards, Melvyn (MTF)
Thanks, Melvyn . . . You Know I Love the Mysteries!!
By: OnTheDash : March 13th, 2018-06:56
Sometimes, I think that I am buying the watches, just to add some fuel to the fire, in trying to solve their mysteries. I was born in 1955, so have always been a huge John Glenn / Mercury astronaut fan. Hopefully, we will get some interesting information....
Passage from Wally Schirra Biography (or Maybe Autobiography)
By: OnTheDash : March 13th, 2018-13:30
I found this excerpt, on another forum, quoting Wally Schirra -- "Harold Johnson, one of the STG engineers, came to our office one day with eight wristwatches-one for each of us and one he would wear. They were analog watches with numbered dials, but the ...
1961 Life Magazine Cover - Alan Sheppard
By: gatorcpa : March 13th, 2018-20:17
Note the watch on Alan Sheppard's wrist in this cover photo. I think it is the same LeCoultre. At least the band looks the same. gatorcpa ...
Alan Shepard -- Yes, He Seems to Be Wearing the Le Coultre
By: OnTheDash : March 14th, 2018-02:22
Well Spotted!! At first glance, I thought perhaps an Accutron Astronaut, but two observations -- (a) Shepard's watch has a crown, which would be absent on the Accutron, and (b) May 1961 would probably pre-date the Accutron . . . right? Also, on the Accutr...
Yes -- Alan Shepard Wearing Le Coultre
By: OnTheDash : March 14th, 2018-03:16
Yes, when we look inside this issue of Life, we see Alan Shepard wearing the Le Coultre, as identified by that crazy looking bracelet (as seen on Wally Schirra's Le Coultre)!! Jeff ...
Wanted -- LeCoultre Quartermaster
By: OnTheDash : March 14th, 2018-14:41
So does anyone here have a suggestion, as to where I might be able to "beg, borrow or steal" a LeCoultre Quartermaster, with the black dial? I am assuming that buying and selling is not permitted on this forum, but I am hoping that someone can point me in...
There are a few pictures on this forum of black-dialed Quartermasters...
By: gatorcpa : March 14th, 2018-18:06
...here's Blomman's example now: But I suspect that you want something a little more "tangible". I've linked this thread over to another forum where you are a member. Someone over there found an auction listing for Gus Grissom's LeCoultre, which was sold ...
Looking Forward to the Posting -- "Case Closed" / "Mystery Solved"
By: OnTheDash : March 16th, 2018-10:57
I love the puzzles, and this one is fascinating (at least to a 1960s / space exploration enthusiast). I have already learned a lot about LeCoultre, and am optimistic that we will be able to piece the parts together, to explain some of these watches. Also,...
Proper Portraiture Tonight -- John Glenn's LeCoultre
By: OnTheDash : March 22nd, 2018-20:55
Thanks again to everyone on this amazing forum who contributed to the identification / chase / acquisition. Tonight, I took the proper head-shot . . . maybe a good way to close-off this thread . . . or at least this first chapter. We'll let it run down ov...
Weekend Project
By: OnTheDash : March 23rd, 2018-04:00
Yes -- will take more photos over the weekend.
Interesting development
By: blomman Mr Blue : March 24th, 2018-00:33
I will follow your mission to uncover these with pleasure. Best Blomman
A Couple of Additional Photos
By: OnTheDash : April 13th, 2018-07:56
Sorry for going silent, regarding this watch from the estate of John Glenn, but it will go off for servicing next week, so I snapped a couple of photos last night. Unfortunately, I was unable to remove the case-back, as it seems to require a strange tool ...
The Movement -- LeCoultre K831/CW
By: OnTheDash : April 25th, 2018-07:07
Here we go, folks, fresh from my watchmaker's bench . . . movement is K831/CW . . . serial number is 1328310. Sorry to be telling the story piecemeal, but we will pull it all together, soon. Jeff ...