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路Great find hope it's an easy fix for you.
Got it! Bulova Accutron Spaceview from a barbershop
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nzshadow
路That is so good. The sandwich board sign is KILLER - Such a great find too.
Thanks for crafting such a great post.
Thanks for crafting such a great post.
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Canuck
路Suspicions confirmed. The hack was interfering with the tuning fork. The watch now runs. That solves the interference with the tuning fork by the hack, not allowing the tuning fork to vibrate. Next problem to solve is why the hack is interfering with the tuning fork, once the watch is re-cased. Nice watch!
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路Suspicions confirmed. The hack was interfering with the tuning fork. The watch now runs. That solves the interference with the tuning fork by the hack, not allowing the tuning fork to vibrate. Next problem to solve is why the hack is interfering with the tuning fork, once the watch is re-cased. Nice watch!
Solved that problem as well. A very small adjustment to the setting pinion rebound spring (the long flat one with the hack feature at the tip), and the movement is back in the case. Hacking okay hand setting function is okay, and running fine. I have advised the OP that a friend of mine wants a Spaceview so badly that he might consider sacrificing a body part (being non-specific, for reasons of good taste), for one as nice as this one.
I am certain this watch has survived in the pristine condition it is in is because it has needed work for decades, and hasn鈥檛 been worn. And has not had the good fortune of having found its way to a watchmaker who was familiar with them. Enter, me!
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DaveK
路路Yoda of YodelersThank you Canuck! Remind your friend that while this is my only Accutron (for now, I have become completely enamored with them), there is some flexibility in how many organs he can get along with 馃槈. I am so excited, I don't think I'll sleep tonight 
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mmrols
路That thing looks great. Love Acutrons
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Canuck
路I like Accutrons as well. I鈥檓 wearing two today. The gold colour one is my original one owner (me) Accutron 214 from 56 years ago. Yes! 1963! I wore it on our wedding day in 1966, at our son鈥檚 christening in 1972, and at our 50th wedding anniversary party in 2016. Looks like new, runs like new. The steel day/date one is one of the most unusual designs of Accutron I have ever owned. A recent acquisition. It was acquired in pieces in a buyout from a deceased watch collector鈥檚 estate. We watch collectors all suffer from a common malady. Not enough arms!
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DaveK
路路Yoda of YodelersThe steel day/date is a real conversation starter 馃グ
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krh7
路this is a good story. my kind of barber shop.
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Professor
路Thank you Canuck! Remind your friend that while this is my only Accutron (for now, I have become completely enamored with them), there is some flexibility in how many organs he can get along with 馃槈. I am so excited, I don't think I'll sleep tonight
I'm becoming more and more interested in the Accutrons .
I was sent an offer to buy some land I inherited. If I sell I may start looking for a good example if I can find one at a reasonable price.
A friend had a railroad approved Accutron he won in a poker game back in the 70's. He has always regretted selling it. Everytime I mention watches he brings it up. He wears a Seiko kinetic these days, one his deceased wife gave him many years ago. He won't wear any other watch now.
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Canuck
路You can still live a full life with only one of your livers.
Last I heard, we have only one liver. You can continue to live if you lose (or donate) part of it. But you can鈥檛 live without it. I haven鈥檛 told my friend about the subject watch, so I don鈥檛 know which body part he would sacrifice. In fact, I may not tell him about it at all. I hate to see a grown man cry!
Last I heard, we have only one liver. You can continue to live if you lose (or donate) part of it. But you can鈥檛 live without it. I haven鈥檛 told my friend about the subject watch, so I don鈥檛 know which body part he would sacrifice. In fact, I may not tell him about it at all. I hate to see a grown man cry!
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Professor
路You can still live a full life with only one of your livers.
Last I heard, we have only one liver. You can continue to live if you lose (or donate) part of it. But you can鈥檛 live without it. I haven鈥檛 told my friend about the subject watch, so I don鈥檛 know which body part he would sacrifice. In fact, I may not tell him about it at all. I hate to see a grown man cry!
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Canuck
路Its a TV reality series about Canadians pretending they know nothing about American TV animated series.
It's Simpsons not Simpson's.
Nothing memorable about 95% of American television programming. I鈥檓 surprised you waste your time watching such drivel as Simpson鈥檚! Auto-correct puts an apostrophe in there, but you knew what I meant. By the way, how did a thread pertaining to an Accutron Spaceview devolve into Canadian tastes in American television? Slow day, huh?
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Professor
路Auto-correct puts an apostrophe in there
Slow day, huh?
Nothing memorable about 95% of American television programming.
Mainly because there are too many Canadians in the industry.
Since William Shatner moved here over acting has become an epidemic. Production costs have skyrocketed because of all the chewed up scenery.
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bobbee
路I want this Accutron Spaceview. It was shown in various Oz jewellery shops after the trade fair, a working model.
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Professor
路I want this Accutron Spaceview. It was shown in various Oz jewellery shops after the trade fair, a working model.
From this angle it looks like they tossed a few shovels full of scrap metal into a dryer at the laundra-mat.
The gold colour one is my original one owner (me) Accutron 214 from 56 years ago. Yes! 1963!
I like that style Accutron the best. The astronaut is great as well but yours is the type I'd wear every day . Great choice.
Never saw a coffin shaped case before, that one is also killer.
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Canuck
路Glad to report the Accutron is on its way back to DaveK. I鈥檒l leave it to Dave to post pictures of the watch which has been returned to health. The watch is in as fine condition as any watch of its vintage can be. It appears that it had been worn very little by previous owners, possibly because it didn鈥檛 perform satisfactorily, and the watch had never found its way to a technician who knew squat about Accutron, and thereby was never repaired. Previously in this thread, Dave posted a picture of the Spaceview, and owing to the watch having no dial, I spotted one of several problems which would have assured the watch would not run. Dave sent to watch to me, and, voila, I was right, I won鈥檛 regurgitate all the information disclosed in several previous posts, but a successful repair was achieved by correcting numerous problems inflicted on the watch by people who didn鈥檛 know what they were doing. My supplier was able to provide an original Accutron Spaceview crystal which was made for this particular model. As an aside, a friend of mine wants a Spaceview so badly he might be prepared to sacrifice a body part, but Dave isn鈥檛 selling! Congratulations DaveK. Enjoy!
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