Ronald Held
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I only own...
Nov 26, 2023,20:11 PM
A Spaceview. Still must get it a battery...
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1966 Accutron Astronaut 214HN GMT
By: hmmmcamu : November 26th, 2023-13:48
OFFICIAL CIA issued watch of its time, and flight certified watch for use by pilots of the SR-71 spy plane. Though the Accutron 214HN movement can not claim to have been worn on the wrist of an Astronaut while walking on the lunar surface on the Appolo mi...
guy in Texas repairs them
By: hmmmcamu : November 26th, 2023-16:18
here is his Facebook link send him a message ................. name of Robert Sotis ...... www.facebook.com
By: mrsnak : November 26th, 2023-22:50
I know of him from another FB watch group, and I think he lurks in the group I hang with, The Accutron Collectors.
By: mrsnak : November 26th, 2023-22:41
I use two guys, one in Oklahoma, one in Portland OR. Great work. Johnny in OK ( ) also is excellent with Omega f300's John Johnson is the other guy ( )
A retired watchmaker told me Accutrons were . . .
By: Dr No : November 26th, 2023-16:57
. . . not only his watch of choice, but the choice of many of his contemporaries. Your Astronaut GMT is in impeccable condition. Congrats, and thanks for sharing! Art
when i started my journey
By: hmmmcamu : November 26th, 2023-17:29
back in the day ... 1980's and early 1990's a great majority of the OLD / SENIOR watch smiths / makers (mom and pop shops, and big name service centers) wore accutrons on their wrists whilst they were repairing, servicing BIG NAME brands here in New York....
By: mrsnak : November 26th, 2023-23:00
Within the niche, the tuning fork watch community is pretty robust. Most unfamiliar are afraid of service and repairs. The good thing now is that there a lot of interest with younger collectors, and a few of them are getting skilled at repairing. Bulova h...
Seems like a million years ago we were ruminating . . .
By: Dr No : November 26th, 2023-23:09
. . . going into the coil business. Uncle Kris was working for Pacific Resistor then . . . he would've been able to reverse-engineer coil inductance values and make as many as we could sell. Art
I only own...
By: Ronald Held : November 26th, 2023-20:11
A Spaceview. Still must get it a battery...
By: mrsnak : November 26th, 2023-22:39
The 214's use a 387 S
Cool stuff, snak! . . .
By: Dr No : November 26th, 2023-23:59
. . . same bracelet as hmmmcamu's - likely original, then. Art
By: mrsnak : November 27th, 2023-01:00
Oh yes.