The Bulova Accuquartz Cal. 224 was the first mass-market quartz wristwatch

Submitted by JimDon5822 on February 13, 2022 - 10:46pm

This is a great article about the history of the quartz watch and Bulova's role as the first to mass produce a quartz watch.  The article claims the The Bulova Accuquartz Cal. 224 was the first mass-market quartz wristwatch

 

https://grail-watch.com/2020/08/02/what-was-the-worlds-first-quartz-watch/

neetstuf-4-u
Posted February 14, 2022 - 6:10pm

Great article, Jim. Thanks for sharing.

Geoff Baker
Posted February 14, 2022 - 9:22pm

Another "FIRST" for Bulova! Good read.

josé serra
Posted February 15, 2022 - 9:39am

Parabéns, Geoff Baker, por este artigo muito interessante para a história da relojoaria e para os apreciadores de Bulova.

Astronaut M2
Posted February 15, 2022 - 11:32am

Congratulations, Geoff Baker, for this very interesting article for the history of watchmaking and for Bulova connoisseurs.

Geoff Baker
Posted February 15, 2022 - 9:15pm

obrigado José, mas foi o membro Jim Don que postou o artigo, eu só estava comentando  (Thank you Jose, but it was member Jim Don that posted the article, I was only commenting on it)

josé serra
Posted February 16, 2022 - 7:49am

Tem razão, Geoff. Parabéns Jim Don pelo teu trabalho de investigação. É sempre bom saber mais alguma coisa sobre estes magníficos relógios Bulova.

mybulova_admin
Posted February 15, 2022 - 6:27pm

The Accuquartz came in three flavors:

  1. 2240 - No date or day
  2. 2241 - Date only
  3. 2242 - Date and day

I find it very interesting that the original CEH Swiss Beta 21 movement for Bulova was a 10EACD.

1971 Bulova Beta 21 - 10EACD Accuquartz movement

 

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