Bulova 1973 Accuquartz

Submitted by DeluxeRaccoon on June 17, 2019 - 6:49pm
Manufacture Year
1973
Movement Model
2240
Movement Jewels
Unknown
Movement Serial No.
-
Case Serial No.
F017201
Case shape
Cushion
Case color
White
Case Manufacturer
Bulova
Gender
Mens
Watch Description

1973 AccuQuartz

Certainly an interesting piece. The accuracy of quartz with the charm of an Accutron hum and sweeping seconds hand? At least I believe that's how it works... The 2240 AccuQuartz movement moves at something like 341 1/3Hz as opposed to the 360Hz of a normal Accutron and seems to have resulted in a noticeably lower tone hum.

I feel I probably paid a bit too much for this watch, especially considering how dirty (disgusting) is was when I recieved it. But, I really wanted to own this little piece of odd Bulova history.

The one thing that really annoys me about this watch is that the applied indices are not very well placed. I don't believe this watch has been restored or refurbished, and the other similar 1973 AccuQuartz in the database here also looks like the indices are somewhat poorly placed. Is this normal? If it is, I won't worry about having it fixed and it won't annoy me quite as much.

[field_year-1973] Bulova AccuQuartz
[field_year-1973] Bulova AccuQuartz Caseback
[field_year-1973] Bulova AccuQuartz Caseback Inside
[field_year-1973] Bulova AccuQuartz 2240 Movement
[field_year-1973] Bulova AccuQuartz
Geoff Baker
Posted June 18, 2019 - 9:28am

A fine looking example!

1973 Bulova Accuquatrz

Kathy L.
Posted June 19, 2019 - 9:56am

Very nice!

1973 Bulova Accuquartz

Andersok
Posted June 19, 2019 - 12:32pm

Bulova Accuquartz

neetstuf-4-u
Posted June 19, 2019 - 10:51pm

1973 Bulova Accuquartz

jabs
Posted June 20, 2019 - 6:18am

1973 Bulova Accuquatrz