Bulova 1969 Accutron

Submitted by kratzjoseph60 on January 27, 2023 - 8:55pm
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Manufacture Year
1969
Movement Model
2181
Movement Date Code
M9
Movement Jewels
15
Case Serial No.
1-814125
Case shape
Round
Case color
White
Case Manufacturer
Other
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

I just got this in the mail from a seller in Japan today, and I was excited to share. This is an open face Accutron pocket watch in steel. I found an ad from a late 60's early 70's Swiss catalog with an 18k solid gold example pictured with a description under it stating a "same model in steel" with the model number being 21 396. Interestingly enough I also found a listing from Christie's auction house selling the solid gold example in 2020 for CHF 1,375.

https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/watches-online-geneva-edit/bulova-go…

They list the case number as 723. The steel model as a case number of 723-1. I also thought that Bulova putting the case serial and date code on the bottom of the case and not the back was a nice touch. It keeps the back looking clean. Case back and the 2181 movement have an M9 date code.

Front
Back
Date Code and Case Serial
Movement
Inside Case Back
Ad
kratzjoseph60
Posted January 28, 2023 - 8:54am

Correction. The ad lists the model number as 21 369 not 21 396 as I stated above.

Geoff Baker
Posted January 28, 2023 - 9:55pm

Cool watch Joseph. based on that advert (translation = same model in steel), I agree that this one should be tagged a Model Accutron 21 369

neetstuf-4-u
Posted January 29, 2023 - 8:15am

This is one I have never seen before, thanks for sharing.. Agreed,

1969 Accutron Model 21 369

neetstuf-4-u
Posted January 29, 2023 - 8:15am

Panel, should this one be filed under Pocket Watch with # as variant?

mybulova_admin
Posted January 29, 2023 - 6:22pm

Perhaps a new model name 'Accutron Pocket Watch' with model number in that variant field. 

Thoughts?

JimDon5822
Posted January 29, 2023 - 7:26pm

1969 Accutron Pocket Watch Model 21 369 looks to be a good match.  I like the idea of Accutron Pocket Watch model name.

Geoff Baker
Posted January 29, 2023 - 8:36pm

I'm not sure we need the "Pocket Watch" designation, I'd prefer Accutron 21 369 only because that's the way Bulova advertised it.