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The Encyclopedia of Horology

Tuning-fork wristwatch · USA / Switzerland

Bulova Accutron Spaceview

Partially verified

An Accutron variant without a dial, showing the tuning fork and coils; Accutron movements were also used in space-programme instruments.

Technical facts

Frequency
360 Hz

Historical significance

  • An Accutron variant without a dial, showing the tuning fork and coils; Accutron movements were also used in space-programme instruments.

Diagram

top plate or bridgespillar platebalance and cockwheel train between the plates
Schematic: plate and bridge layout. An outline schematic drawn to show the arrangement of the parts discussed here. It is not a dimensioned working drawing and does not depict a particular maker's calibre.

Sources & references

  1. Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Accutron holdings

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.