Jun 9, 2025 · Long before Apple, Garmin, Timex and Casio, Accutron invented the world’s first fully electronic watch. In 1960, Bulova’s subsidiary introduced the Spaceview with a Tuning Fork movement, which used a vibrating tuning fork stimulated by an electric charge to generate a steady 360-hertz frequency. Conversion kits and display watches were made available for Bulova dealers to showcase, and explain how the breakthrough technology worked. The marketing group at Bulova correctly decided that top-of-the-line cases would convey a sense of enduring quality to the upstart Accutron technology. Mar 13, 2022 · Discover the story of Bulova Accutron, a revolutionary watch movement crafted in Bienne, key to NASA missions and Swiss watchmaking heritage. Nov 13, 2020 · The excitement about the prospect of tuning fork movements, like the one in the watch I had in my hands, was real. It was so real, in fact, that the very existence of the Spaceview as a production model was due to the fact that people were so excited about the concept that Bulova made it into one. Jul 25, 2019 · We take a close look at the Bulova AccurtronSpaceview and marvel at the level of engineering in this small watch made decades ago. Mar 13, 2022 · Discover the story of Bulova Accutron, a revolutionary watch movement crafted in Bienne, key to NASA missions and Swiss watchmaking heritage. Nov 13, 2020 · The excitement about the prospect of tuning fork movements, like the one in the watch I had in my hands, was real. It was so real, in fact, that the very existence of the Spaceview as a production model was due to the fact that people were so excited about the concept that Bulova made it into one. Jul 25, 2019 · We take a close look at the Bulova AccurtronSpaceview and marvel at the level of engineering in this small watch made decades ago.
