Hi all, I am on vacation and came across a bulova accutron spaceview that is in excellent physical condition, but it is not working. The seller says it did work, but stopped and he never got around to repairing it. I didn’t take a photo but it is similar to the one pictured. I held off because I don’t know how easy it is to source parts or find someone to repair them (Vancouver, BC). Seller is asking $100 Canadian, would repair for the unknown issue be a huge problem and expense ? Thanks in advance for your help, I can go back tomorrow to seal the deal if it makes sense

 

I'm pretty sure that $100 even for a non-running spaceview is a great deal. Now how much the service will cost - no idea.

 

Just buy it !! …now

 

For C$100 (US$75) take a chance. They can be repaired, there are people who can get it back into operating condition..

 

Thanks all, I’ll pick it up in the morning and report back

 

Careful. Some of these are NOT original Space Views. How do I know? My earliest NOOB error. Stopped working about 6 months after I bought it. Radio silence from the guy I bought it from. There are site where you can check the specifics of the watch against the genuine SN list. Mine was a conversion and not cheap. This looks very familiar.

 

Agree with everyone, take a shot and get it!

I will also add a good friend of mine works on these. He has picked up more than a half dozen that were described as 'not working'. All they needed was a correct battery replacement.

Best of luck!

 

Thx, do you recall if your serial number a fake one or a reused real one?

 

Real but not a space view.

 

IIRC, it's unlikely you'd ever find an outright fake (really hard to clone a 214 movement) but what you often see is 214 watches with the dials removed and called "Spaceview" vs a 214 that left the factory as a Spaceview

 

That is what I meant. 214 that was converted. Also try this thing on as well. My watch simply didn’t work on my wrist. My wife on the other hand loves the thing but I wont drop anymore cash on its repair.

 

That's definitely cheap enough to take a chance for cool watch.