Bulova Accutron II Snorkel

[SpinDoctor]

Had not seen these mentioned here and thought that many of you would be interested.  These are just starting to hit the market now.

Bulova reissue of their Snorkel.  This new model has the precisionist movement inside which has a higher frequency quartz delivering higher accuracy and also has a 16 beat per second second hand.  Down side is battery change every 2 years, but such is life.

some of the other more likely questions I've found answers too..mineral crystal....200M WR, bezel crown not screw down but other crown is.

Design looks really sweet.  Opinions on construction seem to be positive.  Comes on a mesh and coffin link bracelet.

stock pictures





Official Site

www.bulova.com/en_us/watch/bulova/accutron-ii/96B208


Some real life pictures.


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actually looking at the bulova site it seems they've reissued several vintage models with this new movement.  I'm not well versed at all on vintage bulova, but several of these look familiar.  names of moonview and surveyor.  of course the alpha too which came out last year or the year before



www.bulova.com/en_us/watch/bulova?collection_id=1122

[donciccio]

Fantastic! Thanks for posting. I wish they made these in an automatic though.

[donciccio]

[seikoholic]

They look awesome though I think the hand blades should have been a bit more imposing.  They look a little anaemic against that giant rotating ring.

Who is "Bulova" now?

What's the price point?


EDIT: they've reissued the Astronaut!?

[cd_god]

At least now you can get the Precisionist movement without a fugly case.

I don't like the Astronaut knockoff since it doesn;t have a GMT hand and I don't like the Spaceview knock off cuz you can't really make a good looking skeleton quartz watch.

[SpinDoctor]

Bulova is now owned by Citizen. I suspect the precisionist movement is citizens because I doubt Bulova has done any R&D since the tuning fork.

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Aug 17, 2014 14:03:27 GMT -8 SpinDoctor said:

Bulova is now owned by Citizen. I suspect the precisionist movement is citizens because I doubt Bulova has done any R&D since the tuning fork.

Correct. After the Tuning fork movements; Bulova used Swiss eubachs in their mechanical watches. Prior to the Tuning Fork, they actually made their own mechanical movements. Today, they are almost all stuffed with Miyota/Citizen quartz and mechanicals.

[cobrajet25]

Aug 17, 2014 14:03:27 GMT -8 SpinDoctor said:

Bulova is now owned by Citizen. I suspect the precisionist movement is citizens because I doubt Bulova has done any R&D since the tuning fork.