Late astronaut Edgar Mitchell was the sixth man to walk on the moon during the Apollo 14 mission. When he walked on the moon Mitchell was wearing a GMT-Master Rolex, also knows as the ‘Pepsi’.
The iconic rolex is now up for auction by the RR Auction House.
“This incredibly rare watch, part of Mitchell’s personal collection, is one of only two Apollo-flown Rolex watches ever sold at auction,” RR Auction writes.
“A historic timepiece, it symbolizes the intersection of human achievement and precision craftsmanship.”
The watch is also engraved, reading: “Worn by Cdr. E. Mitchell on Apollo 14, 1971, To Karlin – My Daughter.”
This specific design was a collaboration between Rolex and Pan American that allowed pilots to track both local time and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), thus the name GMT-Master. However due to the iconic blue and red bezel Rolex enthusiasts have dubbed the watch the ‘Pepsi’.
The bid is currently at $132,000, but the auction house believes that the watch will sell for somewhere over $400,000 when the auction closes on October 24th.
