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Vintage 1968 Bulova Accutron M7 18k Yellow Gold Men's 218-D Tuning Fork Watch
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Description Brand: Accutron Display: Analog Gender: Men's Model: M7 Style: Casual Serial Number: 028126 Band Material: Leather Country/Region of Manufacture: Switzerland Age: Vintage (1920-1970) MPN: Does not apply Movement: Quartz : Battery Case Material: Solid Gold
Rare Bulova Accutron M7=1968
Solid 18K Gold Man's Watch 218-D MovementCondition: Good running condition with new battery, minor signs of wear on case & caseback. Crystal has some visible scratches. Brand new (non original) black leather strap. Please look at additional pictures provided!
Case Material: 18K Yellow Gold Case Diameter: 32mm (34mm with crown) Case Thickness: 10mm
Strap: 18mm Black Lizard Grain Leather Strap
Dial: Champaign, Gold hour markers, Gold luminious hands, Date box, Bulova logo at 6, 9, and 12 o'clock. Bulova's "Accutron" watches, first sold in October 1960, use a 360 hertz tuning fork to drive a mechanical gear train to turn the hands. The tuning fork was powered by a one-transistor electronic oscillator circuit, so the Accutron qualifies as the first "Electronic watch". The true Accutron, instead of ticking, has a faint, high pitch hum which comes from the vibrating tuning fork. The tuning fork movement was a horological revolution. Previously, electronically regulated timepieces were limited to some scientific instruments, being too large for a personal watch.
The Accutron was also the first wristwatch precise enough to qualify for U.S. railroad certification. A wristwatch regularly moves in all possible directions, as opposed to a pocket watch which spends the vast majority of its life either mostly vertical or mostly horizontal. Prior to the Accutron, that movement affected the precision of all wristwatches to a degree which precluded railroad certification, even for the best made and most expensive chronometer certified wristwatches.
The ability to legitimately claim the Accutron as the most precise wristwatch in existence was a tremendous success for the company.
Description
| Brand: | Accutron | Display: | Analog |
| Gender: | Men's | Model: | M7 |
| Style: | Casual | Serial Number: | 028126 |
| Band Material: | Leather | Country/Region of Manufacture: | Switzerland |
| Age: | Vintage (1920-1970) | MPN: | Does not apply |
| Movement: | Quartz : Battery | Case Material: | Solid Gold |
Rare Bulova Accutron
Strap: 18mm Black Lizard Grain Leather Strap
Dial: Champaign, Gold hour markers, Gold luminious hands, Date box, Bulova logo at 6, 9, and 12 o'clock. Bulova's "Accutron" watches, first sold in October 1960, use a 360 hertz tuning fork to drive a mechanical gear train to turn the hands. The tuning fork was powered by a one-transistor electronic oscillator circuit, so the Accutron qualifies as the first "Electronic watch". The true Accutron, instead of ticking, has a faint, high pitch hum which comes from the vibrating tuning fork. The tuning fork movement was a horological revolution. Previously, electronically regulated timepieces were limited to some scientific instruments, being too large for a personal watch.
The Accutron was also the first wristwatch precise enough to qualify for U.S. railroad certification. A wristwatch regularly moves in all possible directions, as opposed to a pocket watch which spends the vast majority of its life either mostly vertical or mostly horizontal. Prior to the Accutron, that movement affected the precision of all wristwatches to a degree which precluded railroad certification, even for the best made and most expensive chronometer certified wristwatches.
The ability to legitimately claim the Accutron as the most precise wristwatch in existence was a tremendous success for the company.
M7=1968
Solid 18K Gold Man's Watch 218-D MovementCondition: Good running condition with new battery, minor signs of wear on case & caseback. Crystal has some visible scratches. Brand new (non original) black leather strap. Please look at additional pictures provided!
Case Material: 18K Yellow Gold Case Diameter: 32mm (34mm with crown) Case Thickness: 10mmSolid 18K Gold Man's Watch 218-D MovementCondition: Good running condition with new battery, minor signs of wear on case & caseback. Crystal has some visible scratches. Brand new (non original) black leather strap. Please look at additional pictures provided!
Strap: 18mm Black Lizard Grain Leather Strap
Dial: Champaign, Gold hour markers, Gold luminious hands, Date box, Bulova logo at 6, 9, and 12 o'clock. Bulova's "Accutron" watches, first sold in October 1960, use a 360 hertz tuning fork to drive a mechanical gear train to turn the hands. The tuning fork was powered by a one-transistor electronic oscillator circuit, so the Accutron qualifies as the first "Electronic watch". The true Accutron, instead of ticking, has a faint, high pitch hum which comes from the vibrating tuning fork. The tuning fork movement was a horological revolution. Previously, electronically regulated timepieces were limited to some scientific instruments, being too large for a personal watch.
The Accutron was also the first wristwatch precise enough to qualify for U.S. railroad certification. A wristwatch regularly moves in all possible directions, as opposed to a pocket watch which spends the vast majority of its life either mostly vertical or mostly horizontal. Prior to the Accutron, that movement affected the precision of all wristwatches to a degree which precluded railroad certification, even for the best made and most expensive chronometer certified wristwatches.
The ability to legitimately claim the Accutron as the most precise wristwatch in existence was a tremendous success for the company.