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路In June of 1976, my late father took a solo trip from Calgary, to visit relatives and friends, as well as RCAF buddies from WWII, both in Ontario, and also in Michigan. I show a photo taken of him on the Amherstberg Ferry, taken in early July of that year. He is pictured wearing the watch that I have included, here. We received a letter from him which was written at that time, indicating he wasn鈥檛 feeling well, and was aiming to terminate his trip, and make a hasty return home. This is probably the last picture ever taken of him, as he passed away within two weeks of his return home. In his letter, he indicated that this watch had quit on him, but since he was wearing two watches in the picture, there was no problem
Fast forward after he passed away, I managed to pick up an operational identical Bulova Accuquartz which served as a donor, to return this watch to service. The date code indicates 1973, about 3 years before Bulova folded.
The Accuquartz was a futile attempt by Bulova to compete in the quartz watch business that had overwhelmed the watch market. It is basically an Accutron 218 with a modified circuit assembly which included a quartz modulator. Problem! It was an expensive watch to produce, and it couldn鈥檛 compete in a market that had gravitated to cheap Japanese quartz watches.
Fast forward after he passed away, I managed to pick up an operational identical Bulova Accuquartz which served as a donor, to return this watch to service. The date code indicates 1973, about 3 years before Bulova folded.
The Accuquartz was a futile attempt by Bulova to compete in the quartz watch business that had overwhelmed the watch market. It is basically an Accutron 218 with a modified circuit assembly which included a quartz modulator. Problem! It was an expensive watch to produce, and it couldn鈥檛 compete in a market that had gravitated to cheap Japanese quartz watches.
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路OMEGA Seamaster 120 Skin Diver ...
case ref.# 135.027 with cal. 601 serial # range 25million no date complication manual wind mvmnt. @ 37MM paired with ST-1098 stainless steel bracelet with ref.# 547 endlinks @ 19MM.
circa: 1967
case ref.# 135.027 with cal. 601 serial # range 25million no date complication manual wind mvmnt. @ 37MM paired with ST-1098 stainless steel bracelet with ref.# 547 endlinks @ 19MM.
circa: 1967
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