It would be, the company claims, the first real breakthrough in timekeeping technology in 300 years. In 1952, Bulova began to develop the Accutron. They offered no gains in terms of accuracy. Mechanically, these watches differed from traditional spring driven mechanical watches only in the fact that the same mechanism was driven by a small electric motor instead of a mainspring. In the middle of the 20th Century, a few manufacturers began producing electric watches. Bulova began as a jeweler and didn’t begin manufacturing timepieces until 1911, but from there quickly developed into a watch industry powerhouse. Any Accutron watch dealer will tell you that they are still questioned from time-to-time: “Whatever became of the tuning fork watches?”Īn American success story in an industry dominated by the Swiss, Bulova was founded by Joseph Bulova, then a 23 year-old immigrant to the U.S. If you are lucky enough to have examined an old Accutron tuning fork watch, you may have heard the faint ringing hum of a tuning fork emanating from the watch. Anyone familiar with the Accutron brand prior to 1977 may recognize the Accutron watch as “The tuning fork watch”. To this day, Bulova and Accutron watches bear a tuning fork logo a curious symbol for a watch company. Although consumers today may be familiar with Accutron watches as perhaps an unremarkable, but good quality and affordable Swiss made watch, the history of the Accutron brand is very important to the history of the wristwatch in the 20th Century.
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