Bulova Accutron

1968 Ad Vintage Bulova Accutrons with the tuning fork movement was made from 1960 to 1977 bridging the gap between mechanical and automatic watches to the domination of quartz. 100 Genuine Authentic With Original Packaging.

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It was incredibly accurate using a tuning fork that accounted for the humming referenced in the brands slogan. Ad Over 1800 Items Online Adjustable Length Different Materials. 30 Day Money Back Guarantee.

The Accutron has no balance or balance spring. Ad Buy Popular Products. Bulova stopped production in 1977 but brought back the Accutron Astronaut in 2007 for a limited edition run of 1000 pieces with an ETA mechanical movement.

Compared to other Bulova Accutron collections it is the 1st most popular with 9629 listings in our database from the last 12 months. 100 Genuine Authentic With Original Packaging. 49 out of 5 stars.

The Accutrons tuning fork in the Accutron 214 movement vibrates at. Fast Delivery Quick Refund. Read reviews for Bulova Mens Classic Aerojet Rose Gold-Tone Leather Watch 97B154.

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Ad Shop our special sale on Bulova watches. Ad Over 1800 Items Online Adjustable Length Different Materials. While the Omega Speedmaster was the chosen piece to travel to space the Bulova Accutron were the dashboard clocks of 46 spatial missions including the Apollo programme.

At the Basel Fair in 1971 Bulova exhibited the first production models. Incidentally one Accutron piece remains in the lunar vehicle that the Apollo 11 crew abandoned in the Sea of Tranquility in 1969. Bulova Accutron Astronaut from the Bulova Archives.

Ad Shop our special sale on Bulova watches. 30 Day Money Back Guarantee. The Accutron was a watch that perfectly exemplifies Bulovas forward-thinking and leading example in the watch world.

In its most interesting form called the Spaceview it also happens to visually represent the experimental space-age mindset of the era. An Accutron timer was placed in the Explorer VI and Explorer VII unmanned orbiters in 1959 and another was used to switch transmission of data aboard Explorer XI on April 27 1961. This watch was developed for NASAs spatial program and followed up by the Astronaut Mark II model.

Photo by Joe Haupt. Introduced in 1960 the Bulova Accutron looked sounded and functioned unlike any other watch. Instead it uses a tuning fork oscillator driven by a transistor controlled circuit.

The Accutron line of watches from Bulova has struggled for many years with an identity crisis. By 1963 the company claimed production over 100000 over US30 million in sales the next year and over 350000 sales by 1965. The design of the original Accutron movement was finalized in the latter half of the 1950s with Bulova placing tuning fork timers on early spacecraft and satellites.

The Accutron is a collection in the Bulova brand. Born in October of 1960 the revolutionary turning fork timepiece hailed at the time as the most accurate wristwatch ever made or for that matter the most accurate timekeeping device of any kind it held the spotlight in the watch world for about ten years and was the major stepping stone between. In 1953 the development of Accutron the name itself mixed the terms accurate and electronic was started by the engineer Max Hetzel.

Bulovas Accutron watches soon became a hit with the Accutron Astronaut being its second model. Ad Buy Popular Products. The research and development for this breakthrough in timekeeping technology took some years until October 25 1960 when the first Bulova Accutrons were released to the market.

Watches in the Bulova Accutron collection typically sell for between 387 - 387 on the private sales market. Free Shipping on Qualified Orders. Bulova launched the Accutron to worldwide acclaim on October 25 1960.

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