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Thanks Graham, it sure does,
Thanks Graham, it sure does,is a looker!Actually, though I initially wanted the vintage Apha M0/M1 that looks like this albeit smaller, I was more worried about the spaceview conversions and frankens out there more than servicing them(Plus I wouldn't have 40 anyways so servicing costs wouldn't be an issue
) so this 2010 50th Anniversary was the best of both worlds for me. Well, until I came across a full set Swiss 100th Anniversary Spaceview, more on that one in another thread
. You should pick up one of these, is a must have!
I would love to see pics of your 40 tuning forks, if you managed to take some before letting them go.
The commemorative 2010 Accutron Spaceview in Pictures!
When Accutron debuted on October 25, 1960 it was the most accurate timing mechanism available and the first personal timekeeping advancement in 300 years. The world's first electronic watch without springs or an escapement, it was operated by an electroni...
it looks damn good in the bigger size cruvon
It suits the wrist much better than a vintage model does. As i said before i had about 40 tuning forks at one time and loved them, but times change, servicing is now expensive if you want someone trained properly so i let them go bit by bit. If i ever fou...
Thanks Graham, it sure does,
Thanks Graham, it sure does,is a looker!Actually, though I initially wanted the vintage Apha M0/M1 that looks like this albeit smaller, I was more worried about the spaceview conversions and frankens out there more than servicing them(Plus I wouldn't have...
Hi Cruvon, I've got pics...
Hi Cruvon, I've got pics of perhaps 30% of them. Sadly i was very late to the digital photographic age so most of my pics are later ones taken by sellers or by myself. It wasnt until i joined this forum in 2007 that i realised how important photographing ...
Thanks G,
well,pics of 30% is still awesome, I can imagine entering a room with that many Accutrons humming, that might have been really audible. Inspite of having only 4 spaceviews, they are quite audible when togather without having to touch my ear to them:). eeh...
I 'think' they did the...
I 'think' they did the Alpha in steel, but not in 1960. When i moved in 2004, i had in excess of 200 watches and had to transport them myself. I boxed all the hummers up in 1 box and you could hear the box humming in the back of the car. It kept my dogs i...
Cheers, that's funny,
am sure you enjoyed them humming en mass:) I think the Alpha case design was around only in 1960 and 1961, maybe the later case design spaceviews had steel cases. My 100th Anniv 1975 Spaceview isin steel.
Cool watch ...
And I'm glad that they made with 42mm. This excludes my daughter, that is an active Accutron collector but with a tiny wrist. If I bump on one of those, finally I may catch an Accutron that I can keep (instead of being "kidnapped" by my daughter as all ot...
Thanks Nilo,
true, am sure your daughter won't fancy wearing this sized one and is one you can keep for yourself:). Offcourse that won't stop her from admiring it!
True mate, surely
well reproduced. About the price, am sure Bulova wouldn't have made a huge profit on it considering they made only 1000, redesigning the movement from the ground up, handmade and with beautiful plexi case and box. It was more a advertising thing for them ...
Great to see this Cruvon
in the larger size it has great presence. Really like the unusual case as well, is that modeled on the originals too?
Hi Ubik,
the case design is the same as was in the first version of the Spaceview in 1960/61. Here's a picture I got off the web for you of the 1961 version with the same "Alpha" case called so for the obvious Alpha like shape:), is in 14kt white gold. The only di...
Thanks for the reply Cruvon
I was looking through some magazines this weekend and saw this advert. ...
Thanks again for the stunning Ad Ubik:),
do you have a collection of vintage watch magazines and flyers?:)