Not A Seiko But

[cd_god]

It's not a Seiko commercial but I just saw this on TV and think everyone here would probably do the same thing.

[Adrian-VTA]

Is the accutron II still a tuning fork movement or is it one of those continuous movement quartzes?

[tritto]

Sadly, it's no longer a tuning fork movement. I believe it's a tuned down quartz precisionist movement.

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Dec 17, 2014 22:29:40 GMT -8 Adrian-VTA said:

Is the accutron II still a tuning fork movement or is it one of those continuous movement quartzes?

Accutron is now just a line of watches like Seiko 5. Depending on the model there will be several different quartz movements in them.
There have not been any tuning fork movements in Bulova watches since the 70s.

[HiBeat]

Dec 18, 2014 9:31:01 GMT -8 @penguinbce said:

Dec 17, 2014 22:29:40 GMT -8 Adrian-VTA said:

Is the accutron II still a tuning fork movement or is it one of those continuous movement quartzes?

Accutron is now just a line of watches like Seiko 5. Depending on the model there will be several different quartz movements in them.
There have not been any tuning fork movements in Bulova watches since the 70s.

Sadly Bulova (now part of Citizen) Marketing decided recently to remove the classic Tuning Fork Logo from all its watches except some new line of Accutron II to be released soon.    That means Precisionists now no longer feature that logo.

I sold my 98B143 a while ago because it was just too darn big and heavy but I will say it was pure pleasure to watch that long red sweep second make its way around the dial.    After a while your trained eye began to see the 16 steps per second - it's not a true continuous sweep like a Spring Drive - but man was it cool.