Auction Exclusive: The Apollo 14 Ocean Recovery Rolex GMT Master

Introducing the Apollo 14 Recovery Mission Rolex GMT Master 1675 private auction, fresh to market from retired Navy pilot Tom Finley. Learn more: https://www.bobswatches.com/auctions/apollo-14-ocean-recovery-gmt NAVIGATE THIS VIDEO 00:00 - Apollo 14 Ocean Recovery GMT 00:24 - Welcome with Brandon Frazin 01:10 - Tom Finley Introduction 02:36 - Watches in Service 04:15 - Apollo 14 Ocean Recovery: February 9, 1971 07:57 - Other Historical Items in Auction 09:30 - Why go to Auction? 10:22 - Closing THE RECOVERY MISSION AND TOM FINLEY’S ROLE The Apollo 14 mission set off for the Moon on January 31st, 1971, carrying astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell. While there, the crew conducted several important scientific experiments and acquired nearly 100 pounds of Moon rocks to be studied back on Earth. During this mission, Astronaut Alan Sheppard famously hit two golf balls with a makeshift club across the lunar surface, and the notorious “Moon Tree” seeds were germinated before being brought back to Earth and distributed. The crew splashed down into the South Pacific Ocean on February 9th, 1971, aboard the famed Kitty Hawk command module approximately 900 miles south of the American Samoa. Meanwhile, a Navy helicopter carrying co-pilot Tom Finley took off from the nearby USS New Orleans recovery ship to retrieve the astronauts. On his wrist during that historic day was the Pepsi bezel Rolex GMT Master ref 1675 featured in this month’s private auction.