{"product_id":"seiko-blue-pogue-chronograph-as11358","title":"Seiko 'Blue Pogue' Chronograph","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverall Condition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good condition overall. Case and bracelet show moderate wear consistent with age. Dial and matching handset show even patination.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEveryone knows that the first watch worn on the moon was an Omega Speedmaster, one of history's greatest manually winding chronographs. But did you know that the first \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eautomatic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e chronograph worn in space was a Seiko?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAlthough it wasn't revealed until years later — and even though it was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003enot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e part of his official mission kit — astronaut Colonel William Pogue made history when he snuck his personal Seiko chronograph Reference 6139-6002 onto the Skylab 4 mission in 1973.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eManufactured in large quantities in the early 1970s, 6139-series chronographs were in many ways light years ahead of their Swiss counterparts, offering brightly colored dials, internal rotating bezels, day\/date displays with quickset functionality, and an automatic movement. Not only that, but the 6139-6002 cost a mere $71.50 in the early seventies — roughly $572 in 2025. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eColonel Pogue bought his at the PX at Ellington Air Force base and subsequently used it for all of his astronaut training leading up to the mission, preferring it to the NASA-issued Speedmaster. While Pogue did not wear the Seiko during EVA (spacewalk), he \u003cem\u003edid\u003c\/em\u003e utilize it for timing experiments and other mission-pertinent uses while in orbit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOver a decade later, the Sinn model 140 automatic chrono was taken into space on the wrist of Reinhard Furrer on the Spacelab D1 Mission. For decades it was assumed that \u003cem\u003ethis\u003c\/em\u003e was the first automatic chronograph ever worn in space, and it shocked the watch collector community when photographs of Col. Pogue wearing a yellow-dialed Seiko in the Skylab module surfaced on the web in 2006. As soon as the news broke, prices for 6139s skyrocketed, and a whole aftermarket parts network appeared virtually overnight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDating to the early 1970s, this 6139-6002 features a 41mm stainless steel case with a ‘Pepsi’ tachymeter scale on the bezel, barrel chronograph pushers, a recessed crown, and a dual-language calendar (English and Spanish). The handsome matte blue dial features applied indices, a day-date window at 3 o’clock, a subsidiary counter at 6 o’clock, and an internal rotating elapsed-time bezel. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePowered by the automatic Seiko Calibre 6169B movement, this stunning example remains in an absolutely untouched and unpolished state, and comes fitted to a correct stainless steel multi-link bracelet with signed locking clasp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNot many Seiko 6139 Pogues walk in through our doors in such exceptional condition —snag this one while you can!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seiko","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49312596033780,"sku":"40992755","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/8570\/2900\/files\/AS11358_40992755_SEIKO_BLUEPOGUE_6139-6002-1.jpg?v=1788456769","url":"https:\/\/www.watchesofswitzerland.com\/products\/seiko-blue-pogue-chronograph-as11358","provider":"Watches of Switzerland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}