{"product_id":"bulova-parking-meter-chronograph-as09342","title":"Bulova 'Parking Meter' Chronograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 1970s was a golden age for creative industrial design, with watchmaking being particularly fertile ground for innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOversized cases, bright colors, strange complications — the confluence of the hippie movement with new sporting and leisure activities resulted in specialist timepieces whose fun-loving designs are finding new life today as beloved vintage goods. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis funky 1970s timepiece is from beloved American-founded brand, Bulova. Housed in an unabashedly curvaceous 43mm stainless case, it features a blue-grey bezel, a flat sapphire crystal, a signed crown at 6 o’clock, and a ‘bullhead’ chronograph pusher configuration at 11 o’clock and 1 o’clock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe silver dial features a vertical satin finish and a pair of subsidiary registers outlined by a blue silhouette from which this piece gets its nickname — the 'Parking Meter'! The dial additionally features a tachymetre scale displayed on the rehaut, a date window at 3 o’clock, an orange, center-mounted, chrono seconds hand, a matching hand set and a 'T Swiss Made T' signature denoting the use of tritium on the dial.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn near-mint condition, this pieces comes mounted on a period-correct, likely original, leather strap with a signed, stainless steel pin buckle. What's more, this piece is accompanied by its period-correct inner box, outer box, and booklet!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBulova has one of the most underrated catalogs in the biz and deserves to be recognized and appreciated in any collection!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bulova","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40921654788183,"sku":"40991889","price":5600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/files\/AS09342_40991889_BULOVA_BULLHEAD_PARKINGMETER_CHRONOGRAPH_31008-6W-6.jpg?v=1715695947","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/bulova-parking-meter-chronograph-as09342","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}