Bulova 1961 Accutron SpaceView

Submitted by Justin Love on March 13, 2023 - 9:50am
Manufacture Year
1961
Case Serial No.
D55252 M1
Case shape
Round
Case color
Yellow
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

Watch that was handed down to me.

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Back
Justin Love
Posted March 13, 2023 - 10:13am

I took the battery out but when in seems to run just fine. A little humming noise you can hear and the hands work fine. any info on what it might be worth would be great. Thanks!

Kathy L.
Posted March 13, 2023 - 11:29am

It is definitely a Spaceview but I wasn't able to find a variant.  Wonderful heirloom!

1961 Bulova Accutron Spaceview 

neetstuf-4-u
Posted March 13, 2023 - 11:44am

A nice heirloom, thank you for sharing. After much digging, the earliest reference to this case is in 1963. t appears that this watch started out as a "dialed" watch and was converted. It is not uncommon and we classify such watches as "Spaceview", even though they may not have come from the factory as such. It appears per the earliest listing for this distinctive lug watch is 1963, and it was the watch seen below. It appears in the 1963-1967 Accutron Linebook as a 1963, with no representation in the 1961 or 1962 Likebooks.

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This conversion was very likely done at or prior to initial purchase, and could possibly have been a dealer display sample showing the movement to  customers, with this case not marketed as shown above in 1961 or 1962, it's really hard to say. I am just stating an opinion, not a verified fact....

1961 Accutron Spaceview

Justin Love
Posted March 13, 2023 - 1:34pm

In reply to by neetstuf-4-u

On the Bulova site when I looked it up it said M1 was made in 1961 is that not right?

neetstuf-4-u
Posted March 13, 2023 - 11:46am

Sorry, but we don't do values, as there are far too many variables. Your best bet is go on eBay and look at completed listings for similar  Spaceviews in like condition.

Justin Love
Posted March 13, 2023 - 1:32pm

In reply to by neetstuf-4-u

I was just asking because I was told it was only worth 100 to 200 bucks but didn't make any sense its 14K gold.

1955mercury
Posted March 13, 2023 - 3:30pm

In reply to by Justin Love

You can always weigh the gold parts. Right now at 15:28 EST 24k gold is selling for $1912.07 per ounce.