I purchased this as a gift for my brother, it is truly a unique piece, a watch fit for all occasions, classy, and will work for you while looking classy. Great back story, it can be said that Bulova is known for picking up the slack when other brands fail.
Picked up one on-line last week with the stainless steel bracket and could not be more happy. function and accuracy are spot on. The perfect mix of old school on the outside and high tech on the inside, with a cool back story to go along with it.
This leather strap set comes with commemorative nylon/velcro astronaut style strap also in addition. This watch feels strong like a rock! The 2nd Gen version with the futuristic retro font branding without date window is more closely styled to the moon watch, but both models have new details that the prototype watch did not have, such as '262kHz' on the seconds sub-dial, a tuning fork logo on the crown and the spelling of tachymeter/tachometer but it is nice having a date window on this 1st Gen model. FYI, these sub-dials have a different layout than the prototype and different guts as with both Gen versions - I think. It is so cool to wear a watch that was worn walking on the moon!