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Eventually replaced by another Swiss invention...
...the quartz movement. Anyway, I remember living in Queens, New York, and the big Bulova factory/design center near LaGuardia Airport. I think the building is still there, but I don't think the Bulova name is on it anymore (research time!). BTW, then the quartz was shared/given to the Japanese, since the Swiss thought, like the tuning fork, it would never amount to much, and guess what...
Perhaps it's no small miracle that Swiss mechanical and quartz are doing well today, and that we're not all wearing Seikos (which would have been the only watch available if quartz had become the only movement to still exist). A little food for thought.
Vive la Suisse! =:^D
Piece of Evolution - The TuNinGfoRk
1953 Max Hetzel receives the first useful transistors, the "CK 722", from RaythonUSA and produces his first working model by hand. The length of thetuning fork was five centimeters. The patent application is filed inSwitzerland on June 19th 1953 under no....
Milan, a subject that used to be very close to my heart
until 2 years ago i owned over 40 tuning forks from 1960 Accutron to Omega Speedsonic and Certina Chronolympic. all brands using the ESA calibre from Baume et Mercier through to Zenith. Tuning forks are fabulous watches and accurate beyond belief when on ...
Very interesting
Thanks for these interesting facts. As a space fan I feel like I should now get an Accutron after reading this - but I note your words re fakes. Regards, Vernon.
Vernon, if you want...
Vernon, if you want a spaceview i'll send you the link to the case numbers, but you've got to get the seller to take the back off. not an easy task as its on the inside. they are easy to date. 1960 is M0, 61=M1 etc 1970 is N0 ect. its on outside of caseba...
Eventually replaced by another Swiss invention...
...the quartz movement. Anyway, I remember living in Queens, New York, and the big Bulova factory/design center near LaGuardia Airport. I think the building is still there, but I don't think the Bulova name is on it anymore (research time!). BTW, then the...
Quartz is Swiss??
Marrison is turning in his grave! On a more serious note, I thought Seiko arrived at their Astron independently of the Swiss, after all, they'd been working on it since (I think) the early 60s. Technology sharing? Do you have a source?
quartz
Yes, you know correct, the first Q watch comed from Seiko Just a little later the CEH Beta 21 arrived. ...and there was another "first" analog quartz caliber, the Girard-Perregaux 352, wich worked with 32kHz....
Thanks a lot, Milan
For this informative and interesting journey in time! I have to admit that I know nothing about accutron. Now, I'm less ignorant. Best, my friend. Nicolas
