Horological Meandering

New materials, new engineering and new machinery were required to replicate (more like re-invent) the Accutron in its new guise the 314. https://revolutionwatch.com/the-return-of-the-accutron-hum/ They are no doubt hoping to create some buzz with this lat...  

Very good looking I must say, nice article in Revolution magazine. Still happy with the old one ...  

The price tag is an issue.

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On the back. No way with the displayback?

Definitely a watch I like a lot. Only have one related piece, from Citizen but it needs a service my prior watch maker did not want to attempt 🤷🏻‍♂️ ...  

But thanks for the suggestion for another rabbit hole to explore! A simple search of "Citizen Hisonic" returns several interesting websites dedicated to this watch and its history. Briefly from: adventuresinamateurwatchfettling.com / "In 1968, Bulova ... 

But phonetically it sounds like it should be Pan-Hisonic, from Panasonic. A couple years ago I had 6-7 tuning fork watches, most not running. I sent them off for service and for $500 now I have five running hummers. The other became parts watches for the ...  

The range of hummers you have is epic! Thanks for sharing the photos - now I just need to find someone able to repair mine in Europe 🤞🏻

The dial is now in a watch, but where is it? Hmmmmmmmmmm, must look for it... ...  

24 hr military type dial … if I remember correctly, he swapped this in (I had it already) in exchange for keeping my previous dial. Cheers, Cazalea ...  

And even more interestingly decades later Citizen ended up taking over Bulova fully 😁