Vacheron Constantin. A Fine, Extremely Rare and Historically Important 18k Gold Wristwatch with Painted Dial, Given to Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell in Commemoration of Space Mission Apollo 14
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Vacheron Constantin. A Fine, Extremely Rare and Historically Important 18k Gold Wristwatch with Painted Dial, Given to Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell in Commemoration of Space Mission Apollo 14.Signed Vacheron Constantin, Ref. 6351, Movement No. 618'612, Case No. 451'043, Manufactured in 1971.Movement: Manual, Cal. 1003, 17 jewels.Dial: Painted insignia of Apollo 14 mission badge with names Shepard, Roosa and Mitchell.Case: 18k gold, coin-edge bezel, downturned lugs, engraved snap on back reading, 5.2.71, Presence Americaine, Sur La Lune, Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 14, Edgar D. Mitchell, Avec L'Admiration De Citoyens De Geneve.Strap/Buckle: Associated crocodile strap, associated 18k gold buckle.Accompanied By: A Vacheron Constantin Certificate of Origin, an Apollo 14 flight badge, an Apollo 14 flight badge pin, four silver commemorative medals, One with Apollo 14 flight badge in relief and to the reverse reading Alan B. Shepard Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell, Stuart A. Roosa, Launched, Landed, Returned, the second with Apollo 14 flight badge in relief and to the reverse reading Spacecraft, Kittyhawk & Antares, Destination Fra Mauro - 1971, the third with Apollo 17 flight badge in relief and to the reverse reading Apollo XVII, The Beginning, America-Challenger, Launch Dec. 5, 1972, Taurus-Littrow Dec. 11, 1972, Entry Dec. 19, 1972, the fourth with Columbia STS-4 flight badge in relief and to the reverse reading Thomas K. Mattingly II, Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., Launched June 27, 1982, Landed July 4, 1982, RW 22 Edwards AFB, CA. Further accompanied by a Vacheron Constantin presentation box reading, In The Name of Some Geneva Citizens For Edgar D. Mitchell, Lunar Module Pilot Apollo 14, Especially Made by Vacheron Constantin Geneva
