Alkiro1
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You are perfectly right. This watch holds a very good price/enthusiasm ratio ;-)
Best wishes
Alkiro
Six months with the Accutron - first impressions
Six months ago I started a little budget experiment by buying an Accutron II to see how I like the optics and whether to go for an original or one of the tuning fork (Cal. 214) re-editions (the latter being a much more significant investment). While I hav...
As said...
A little fun, a bit of an experiment Sufficiently similar in case design and dial layout to give a first impression of a Spaceview, without having to fork out a significant amount to see if one likes it And I have to say in terms of smiles per € it works ...
Funnily enough...
It is only officially sold in a handful of European countries. But then there is always your friendly bookseller to help out
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60 more and hell freezes over? The cuff links are fiarly old and relatively seldomly used these days but they are fun - a lighter side of office life
If it's accuracy we're after, then what could be more accurate than a watch that will...
... synchronize with an atomic clock or with satellites from the Global Positioning System? It's kind of awesome knowing that your watch is always correct, no matter where you are in the world! Having said that, the Accutron II oozes retro 60's cool and I...
Correct on the accuracy
But it takes a lot less effort to get a watch accurate that adjusts the time once a day than to keep one accurate without adjustment - the latter I find somewhat cooler. At the same time I wear mechanical watches most of the time, which in terms of accura...
No little tuning fork...
...with little weights on the tines to adjust the rate=Not for me. I have a few real Accutrons. I love the concept and the execution. However, the pitch of the tuning fork means I have to sleep many rooms away.
Also an aspect to consider
I have to admit to never having experienced a real tuning fork movement live - the noise would at least be an interesting characteristic. As long as it can be muted in some way, when so desired. That the Accutron II will not match the original I understan...
The hum of
the tuning fork is not intrusive.....unless my ears are going deaf! lol! My vintage/earlier model says hi ...
LOL
So you are saying that I should wait with the real thing? Your original looks really cool - do you have more pictures of it?
Not really....
this is just a fun piece but horologically one of the early pre-quartz pieces which interested me. Will try to take more shots of this and post best
Very nice.
I've always shied away from Spaceviews as they seem a bit of a minefield. I'll have to search through my PPro gallery, I've a 70s 214? with box and papers. As for the hum...it's probably just me, 350Hz is very distracting
Sorry to
hear (sic) that...what a pity! Nonetheless,,the hum i get is rather muted. best
Interesting review of your Accutrone.
The watch looks totally f=different depending on the lighting in the various shots. Looks like a fun watch. Bill PS nice matching cuff links.
Definitely a fun piece
And you are right, it does look different depending on the lighting angle
Well, Spaceview :)
The original design was never intended for the public but as a training exhibit for watch repairmen learning to fix tuning fork movements - the rest, as they say was history The original was certainly one of the significant pre Quartz electronic movements...