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[i]...Scott had on board two timepieces (a wristwatch and stop watch) that were not part of the normal mission equipment. During the preflight training period, Scott had agreed to evaluate these timepieces for the manufacturer at the request of a friend. Thinking they might be useful, particularly for the possible emergency timing of a manually controlled propulsion maneuver, Scott carried them on the mission but without prior authorization. NASA has deliberately withheld the name of the manufacturer of the timepieces to avoid commercialization of this unauthorized action.[/i]
[i]Therefore, on EVA-3, I used my backup Waltham watch [which was] of a similar type. It worked just fine during the even higher temperatures of EVA-3.[/i]
[i]Fletcher told [committee chairman Clinton] Anderson that Dave had "carried a Bulova chronograph and a Bulova timer on the Apollo 15 flight, and these were not approved as items to be carried on the flight." Only two people at NASA knew about them, Dave explained: he and Deke. And even Deke didn't know until after the flight.[/i]
[i]In March of 1971, Bulova's representative, General James McCormick approached David Scott through a senior ranking officer, Colonel Frank Borman, to consider carrying a Bulova chronograph on his Apollo 15 mission to Hadley Rille in the Apennine Mountain range on the Moon. Scott agreed to "make every attempt to give the Bulova Chronograph a full evaluation" and, so, a Bulova watch was packed and stored in the lunar module for the flight.[/i]
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