Bulova Men's Lunar Pilot Chronograph Watch

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

Featuring Bulova's proprietary Precisionist technology, this advanced chronograph offers 1/1,000-second precision over a twelve-hour time frame, with accuracy to within seconds a year. The stainless steel case with curved crystal, multiple-layer black carbon fiber, blue, silver, and black dial, and chronograph measurement of hours, minutes, seconds, 1/10-seconds, 1/100-seconds, and 1/1,000-seconds, make this watch easy and logical to read, with its four subdials displaying the cumulative time at a single glance.

At the heart of the watch is the Bulova Precisionist-class torsional resonator movement, custom-engineered to provide accuracy to within seconds a year using a three-prong quartz crystal that creates a vibration frequency of 262.144 kHz, the highest of any watch in the world and far greater than that of a standard quartz crystal. In laboratory testing, the Precisionist-class movement has been shown to be three times more accurate than standard quartz, offering a resistance to gravitational error that makes it superior in performance to any mechanical watch on the market.

From the UHF Collection, this Lunar Pilot Chronograph takes inspiration from astronaut Dave Scott's personal Bulova chronograph worn during the Apollo 15 moon landing. The six-hand calendar chronograph features a stainless steel screw-back case in a silver-tone finish, a black dial, and interchangeable black leather and nylon straps with a three-piece buckle closure, with water resistance to 50 meters. Powered by Bulova's proprietary, high-performance UHF quartz movement with a vibrational frequency of 262 kHz, eight times greater than a standard quartz movement for unparalleled accuracy.

Bulova's legacy of innovation and excellence dates back to 1875, when Joseph Bulova, a 23-year-old immigrant, established the company in New York City. Bulova has since stood at the forefront of timekeeping innovation, registering over 50 patents and pioneering the first full lines of men's and ladies' wristwatches, the first clock/radio, and the first electric clock. Bulova's commitment to precision led to the establishment of its own observatory in 1920, and the revolutionary Accutron, the world's first fully electronic watch, in 1960, which became an integral component of U.S. space technology, used on 46 NASA missions, including Apollo XI, the first lunar landing.

Today, Bulova continues to expand globally with four separate watch brands, providing an extensive selection of watches crafted with the finest materials and powered by their proprietary Precisionist-class quartz, automatic, and quartz movements.

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