Vintage 1960s Bulova Accutron Watch Commercial enjoy

[lovewatches]

i would like to share a video enjoy it. :lol:

http://youtu.be/x2ZFsqw9QHg

[lovewatches]

and another very cool vintage timex advertise video

http://youtu.be/7_fKppH8B0g

[Huertecilla]

Thank you for bringing it up again.
Very apt relativation.
Have you noticed the smooth seconds hand?

´Sweep´ used to be indicating a central second hands as oppose to one in a subdial.
When accutron had disappeared form the collective memory of watch buyers, the analugue quartz watch was ticking away second sized steps.
The mechanical jitterbug was suddenly marketed as a selling point, as ´sweeping´ as in smooth...
That is how urban myth is born.
See the McQueen Explorer for an even more extreem one.

The Bulova Accutron is an icon for myth debunking.
A 8) piece of engineering too. Both mechanically and for being the first true electronic watch movement.
A great loss that they went under with their thermic experiment. At least they are not the umpteenth Swiss badge engineered product and the precisionist is another cool piece of technology. With the Seiko 8F and the ETA autoquartzes gone, it is a rare example of the non high end high accurace quartz. Again a neat reference for myths.

[tomah]

and another very cool vintage timex advertise video

http://youtu.be/7_fKppH8B0g

..."take such a lickin' and keep on tickin'"

:lol: love it!

[lovewatches]

wow, thanks for the info never own one of these how much they go for in good condition ?

jerry