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NASA APOLLO 15 AMERICAN MOONPHASE WATCH

$375 (APPROX. £300) WWW.XERIC.COM

The NASA Apollo 15 American Moonphase watch is a stunning celebration of the fourth manned mission to the Moon, Apollo 15. Encompassing the dial of the watch is a grille that mimics the conical shape and crew access hatches of the Command Module that carried the Apollo 15 astronauts through space.

Several details of this watch, including the lunar watch hands, are coated in a Super-LumiNova luminous material that glows brightly at night after being

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