{"product_id":"bulova-accutron-ck-as12118","title":"Bulova Accutron 'CK'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn 1960, Bulova had a vision of the future — and in that future, there was humming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Accutron was the world's first electronic watch. About a decade before the infamous Quartz Crisis, Bulova put into production a watch that did away with the traditional balance wheel, favoring instead a steel tuning fork powered by electromagnets attached to a battery-powered transistor oscillator circuit as its timekeeper. Designed by Max Hetzel, the Accutron made waves, becoming the first wristwatch precise enough to be qualified for U.S. Railroad certification, and guaranteed to be accurate to roughly one minute per month, or about two seconds per day. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWhile Bulova had grand plans for their watch of the future, it never anticipated the success that the uniquely appointed Spaceview would generate. Designed to be a salesman's tool and display watch only, the Spaceview 214 was never intended for retail purchase. But when demands for the watch spiked, Bulova responded, producing versions with the same unique characteristics of their display models. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWith its visible circuitry and tuning fork, the Accutron Spaceview was unlike anything before — and really, anything since. Though it remained in production for roughly 17 years, the tuning fork technology was eventually beaten out by quartz crystal movements, making this unbelievable piece of history a short-lived but totally revolutionary wristwatch. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis specific watch, although not a Spaceview, uses the same tuning fork technology. It features the upgraded cal. 218 movement which has a time-setting crown at the 4 o'clock position instead of on the caseback.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHoused in a 35mm stainless steel 'TV' case with a 'top hat' acrylic crystal and a screw-down case back, it features a wildly cool\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003emulti-tone grey and silver dial with printed indices, an inner 'railroad' minute track, a crosshair motif, the Accutron logo, and a set of luminous 'baton' hands with a red central seconds hand — plus a nifty date window above 6 o'clock and a brown leather strap with a stainless steel pin buckle. No matter your mechanical-movement inclinations, there's no denying that the tuning fork movement is a one-of-a-kind piece of horological history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSpeaking of which: Remember the humming we mentioned? Hold this baby up to your ear and you'll hear that tuning fork, humming away!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bulova","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42798883733591,"sku":"40993126","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/files\/AS12118_40993126_ACCUTRON_218CK_N1--6-2.jpg?v=1779195400","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/bulova-accutron-ck-as12118","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}