On 25 October 1960, NYC-based brand Bulova unveiled the immediately iconic Accutron watch: an innovative timepiece that disrupted three centuries of watchmaking as the world’s first fully electric watch. Inside, a first-of-its-kind electronic movement used the vibrations of a tuning fork for precision. This component—which was markedly different from the mechanical alternatives that came before it and Quartz items after it—provided an accurate, future-forward power …
When the Accutron wristwatch launched in the ’60s, it redefined what timepieces could look like—and how they could draw their power thanks to a proprietary tuning fork movement. With a new Accutron on the horizon, the brand tapped COOL HUNTING Editor in Chief David Graver to join entertainment reporter Bill McCuddy and editor Scott Alexander for The Accutron Show, a podcast about more than watches—in …
More than featuring an uncommon, space-aged design, Bulova’s Accutron II Alpha collection references their historic “tuning fork” powered Spaceview watches from the 1960s—a groundbreaker in the early electronic watch movement game at the time. Inside, the Accutron II comes complete with a contemporary upgrade by way of a high frequency, precise quartz movement. But the outside carries the same retro style—plus green on gold coloration—that …
