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Straight Writing: The One Word That Moves the Price — October 21, 2026
The most valuable sentence in Speedmaster collecting isn’t on the dial — it’s on the back. Rich and Marlowe walk the 145.022-69 caseback timeline: the Pre-Moon seahorse back, the 1970 Straight Writing backs that first printed “The First Watch Worn on the Moon” in four straight lines, the NASA permission delay that held deliveries until 1972, and the transitional -68 that really debuted the calibre 861. Then the money, honestly: our own nightly sweep asked $8,694 for a Straight Writing and $15,760 for a standard -69 on the same night — an asking price is a hope, not a result, and the premium belongs only to the watch that agrees with its own caseback.
Back to the Moon, On Time — October 20, 2026
NASA redrew the Artemis road map: Artemis III becomes an Earth-orbit rehearsal in 2027, and the crewed landing moves to Artemis IV in 2028. Rich and Marlowe work through what changed, why Apollo 9 answers every “delay” headline, and what the Moonwatch waiting one mission longer honestly means — the X-33 flies the missions; the mechanical Moonwatch carries the story. All dates as NASA states them: planned, and subject to change.
Read It From Across the Room — September 22, 2026
Tropical dials, stepped pie-pan dials, and DON bezels — the details that speak before the loupe comes out. This week’s Speedy Tuesday episode.