Bulova: 1966 Accutron Astronaut. Astronaut Astronaut Astronaut Case: Stainless steel. Movement : 214 Series. Dial: Luminous painted hour markers, luminous painted dots at the half-hour markers. Hands: Luminous hour and minute hands. Bezel: Stainless steel M KKK with engraved black numerals and half-hour indices.
Yep, my friend on the Accutron forum verified an ad he has for the "C" listing the MSRP at $1,000. I sure was off on that one! I thought I had seen info about a Platinum cased Astronaut. Platinum cased Accutrons are VERY RARE and were considered by some collectors to be non-existent but they really are out there. Every now and again one turns up.
In reply to Yep, my friend on the by oliverb
A well known Accutron repair person recently sold a platinum Accuron and won't tell me the price but did say that the buyer would sell it for $25,000. I would guess that price might be negotiable. LOL !
That's a very nice Astronaut that started the thread. For what it's worth my 1964 Astronaut says Bulova Accutron, my 1967 says Accutron and my 1969 says Accutron.