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Bulova Accutron 'Dynamic'

40992734/AS11337 38 mm
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    Accutron Watches Bulova Accutron 'Dynamic' - (Ref. 40992734/AS11337) Product Details

    Overall Condition: Very good condition overall. Case shows moderate wear. Dial and matching handset show even patination.

    "Are you ready? Because I want you to pay attention. This is the beginning of something."

    So begins Season 7 of Mad Men, with Freddie Rumsen pitching the new Bulova Accutron: "It's not a timepiece — it's a conversation piece." When the real Accutron debuted in 1960, it wasn't hyperbole. It was a revolution.

    To understand why, we turn back nearly a century. Joseph Bulova founded his company in 1875, later establishing a modern movement manufacture in Biel, Switzerland, in 1912 and applying American mass-production techniques to watchmaking. By mid-century, Bulova had become one of the most influential horological manufacturers in the United States—known as much for its technical ambition as for its forward-thinking design and advertising.

    That ambition culminated in the Accutron. As the world's first fully electronic watch, it offered accuracy and reliability far surpassing those of traditional mechanical watches. Its tuning-fork oscillator, humming at 360 Hz, produced a perfectly smooth sweep of the seconds hand, powered by a dry-cell battery and electromagnetic coil. Conceived by Max Hetzel and inspired by 19th-century tuning-fork experiments by the Breguet family, the Accutron became a technological milestone worn by astronauts, engineers, and professionals who needed unwavering precision. Although quartz would later surpass it, the Accutron's legacy remains foundational; in 2020, it was reborn as a standalone brand dedicated to preserving that heritage.

    The present watch features a sharp white crosshair dial—long favored by medical professionals for quick, quadrant-based time reading—along with applied indices, a baton handset, crown at four, and the tuning-fork emblem at 12 o'clock. Paired with a brown leather strap and stainless steel pin buckle, it even carries a personal touch: a 25-years of service engraving on the caseback, dating the watch to 1973.

    A reminder of the moment when the future arrived on the wrist, this Accutron remains as compelling today as it was in its humming, space-age prime.

    General

    Condition

    Pre-owned

    Brand

    Accutron Watches

    Reference

    40992734/AS11337

    Year

    1970s

    Family

    Dynamic

    Product Code

    40992734

    Watch Display

    Analog

    Case

    Case Size

    38 mm

    Case Material

    Stainless Steel

    Lug Width

    18 mm

    Dial

    Dial Color

    White

    Movement

    Type

    Electric

    Bracelet

    Bracelet Material

    Leather

    102

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