Bulova, Woodside, USA

Bulova Accutron Caliber 218, Battery Rayovac Silver 344
Front	Closer	Yet Closer	Dial	Crown	Back	Movement	Battery removed	Regulation

A gift from my watch buddy Rob Berkavicius
Wow! What a surprise, today June 5th 2002, Rob handed me this Vintage Accutron as a gift! What a truly generous gesture. Of course I had to hold the watch immediately against my ear to hear the humming of the tuning fork. At first I could only hear the higher pitch frequency of 600 Hz, the half-beat which is created by the escapement jewels. Then I could hear the 300 Hz humming. I synchronized the watch - it is a hacking watch - to my Seiko Perpetual Calendar and it is in synch since. Rob said he had tunded the watch for -2 seconds a day in dial up position.
It is really a pleasure to see that sweeping second hand. Today on the way back, I was watching that red second hand all the way, what a joy. Yes, there is nothing sweeter then a watch surprise for a WIS :-)

Bulova MarineStar 100 m Miyota Caliber AS10, Battery Varta R399 or Renata 399 or SR927W Please note that this is the high drain version of the very popular low drain battery Varta 395, Renata 395 or SR927SW
Front	Side 1	Side 2	Back	Wrist	Wrist Side	Bergeon 2533	Cal. AS10

Another gift from a watch buddy
Grant told me he found the watch too complicated to set and it was not really his style. He prefers Military and Diver watches. That was reason enough for him to throw this Bulova into the parcel with the Orsa MOD-like, as a gift!
The watch has a Miyota movement with Chronograph, Alarm and Dual Timezone. And, this was new for me too, an annual calendar. I thought I could do the second hand zero reset without the manual. But Grant was right, it is pretty complicated to set. But once it is set, there is not much one has to do, except to adjust for February 29th of a leap year.
The watch has a great style in my opinion, look at the pictures from the side. The bracelet, bezel and very thick mineral cyrstal form one curve. Quite amazing. Although I tried hard to avoid reflections, I think it would only be possible to create reflection free shots after trying for at least a day. And I do not have this time. Also, I did not manage to show the patterned dial. The dial is not flat ,but has a tile-like pattern.