There were a bunch of companies that asked NASA to redo the tests -namely Rolex- shortly after the selection and more testing was done at a later date. Could The Count-Down have been one of those? Or is there documentation that says which were re-tested? The re-testing would have put it in the correct date.

: Hi guys...

: 2001 is an amazing movie, but it's a movie...
: Yes, Hamilton made some mockup watches for
: the film but they were not manufactured
: pieces at the time of filming [1968
: roughly].

: The initial phase of NASA testing happened in
: the 1961-1965 timeframe as Jeff indicated. I
: do not know if Hamilton was seriously
: considered in that round of testing, but I
: believe it was not.

: The second round of NASA testing happened in
: 1978 [five years after the last moon
: mission] and I believe Hamilton was one of
: the participating firms [for a Shuttle
: Astronaut watch] but I am unaware of any
: documentation as to which models
: participated in the testing other than Omega
: submitted three candidates [moonwatch of
: some stripe and two unknown other models -
: perhaps a Mark II and/or Automatic of some
: stripe or a Tuning fork/Quartz model?] and
: the "classic moonwatch" was the
: winner of the tests.

: While it's possible that a count-down Hami was
: tested by Hami, I am unaware of any
: documentation about which specific watch
: models were tested in the 1978 tests

: Sorry I don't have any more specific answers,
: but I am unaware of any source materials
: with which to provide better answers.

: -- Chuck