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Tuning-fork wristwatch · United States, New York

Bulova Accutron electronic wristwatch, 1963-306

Partially verified

Science Museum Group describes a tuning-fork-controlled electric watch on a sloping wooden stand, accompanied by an animated diagram illustrating its operation. That diagram is part of the museum accession; it is not an interactive diagram supplied on this page.

Technical facts

Object number
1963-306
Materials
Leather, stainless steel and glass
Overall, as catalogued
75 × 35 mm; 0.036 kg
As displayed
92 × 34 × 60 mm
Credit
Garrard and Company Ltd.

Historical significance

  • Science Museum Group describes a tuning-fork-controlled electric watch on a sloping wooden stand, accompanied by an animated diagram illustrating its operation. That diagram is part of the museum accession; it is not an interactive diagram supplied on this page.
  • The retrieved photographs show the case back and an open-dial view exposing the tuning-fork movement. The latter is a whole-watch view, not an isolated tuning-fork macro. The catalogue identifies leather, stainless steel and glass.
  • The date range 1960–1963 is retained alongside the title’s circa 1963. No exact production month, calibre, serial number or individual measured accuracy has been verified. The museum’s web identifier co865 is not the accession number: the accession is 1963-306.
  • Present operation, service history, battery condition and current public display have not been verified. The photograph is an identification view, not a condition report or an accuracy test.

Photographs

Accutron case-back view, 1963-306
Accutron case-back view, 1963-306 — © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum / Science Museum Group, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 stated by source; commercial permission review pending. Retrieved museum or publisher record
Accutron open-dial whole-watch view, 1963-306; not an isolated fork macro
Accutron open-dial whole-watch view, 1963-306; not an isolated fork macro — © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum / Science Museum Group, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 stated by source; commercial permission review pending. Retrieved museum or publisher record

Photographs are illustrative examples of the type, not necessarily the exact object described. Verify details against the source file page.

Sources & references

  1. https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co865/bulova-accutron-electronic-wristwatch-c-1963

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