AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BULOVA ACCUTRON SPACEVIEW GENTS WRISTWATCH

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BULOVA ACCUTRON SPACEVIEW GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1960'S

MODEL: 6 ACCUTRON SPACEVIEW

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ORIGINAL SPACEVIEW ACRYLIC CRYSTAL

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: SWISS BULOVA ACCUTRON TUNING FORK 214 MOVEMENT 

DIAL COLOR: SPACEVIEW SKELETON

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTE AND CENTER SECOND

HANDS/JARUM: LUMINOUS WHITE HANDS WITH SWIPE CENTER HAND

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: LUMINOUS DOT MARKERS INNER BEZEL

CASING : S GOLD PLATED ON SOLID STAINLESS STEEL & CASEBACK

LUGS: 20mm 

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 34mm DIAMETER w/o CROWN and 42mm LUG TO LUG

ENGRAVED BACK CASING: PATENTED, BULOVA, STANLESS STEEL, GOLD ELECTROPLATED BEZEL, WATER RESISTANT, H54927, N4

CROWN: NO PUSHERS AND CROWN - hold button for changing time on the back case

STRAP/TALI: NEW BROWN LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

WORKING CONDITION, NEW BATTERY, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL, HARD TO FIND, NO BOX OR PAPER BUT GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC

PRICE/HARGA : PERSONAL COLLECTION BUT WILLING TO LET GO FOR RM1,500W

History of Bulova Accutron Spaceview Wristwatches

At the end of 1959, in anticipation of the launch of a revolutionary new line of watches called Accutron, Bulova designers and craftsmen created tooling that imprinted dial markings on some of the new Accutron plastic crystals. The printed crystal carried all of the information that would normally be found on an Accutron dial. This allowed Bulova to eliminate the dial from several models of the new watches and install a printed crystal, thus exposing the tuning fork and the green colored circuitry inside. Because ordinary plated hands didn't provide enough contrast against the movement to be easily seen from a distance, Bulova used white painted luminous handsets as replacements. The converted watches were only intended to be used as sales aids in order to showcase the revolutionary Accutron tuning fork movement.

Accutron was introduced to the public in October of 1960. Conversion kits and display watches were made available to Bulova dealers worldwide to help them explain how the breakthrough technology worked. 

The marketing group at Bulova correctly decided that top-of-the-line solid gold cases would convey a sense of enduring quality to the upstart Accutron technology. Bulova used two 14 kt. gold "Spaceviewed" models in an advertising campaign which was intended to accomplish two things. The 

idea was to differentiate and create excitement around Accutron's ordinary looking dial models by giving the public a glimpse at the technology inside, and to link the development program which created Accutron to the US space program. The advertising worked brilliantly.ILLING TO LET GO IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT AND REASONABLE)