BULOVA Accutron Spaceview / 1963, Tuning Fork Movement

— The near future humanity once dreamed of —

The 1960s, when a longing for the unseen universe wrapped the world.

The Accutron, announced by Bulova, overturned the assumptions of watch history at their root.

Neither mechanical nor quartz, but a third path.

It converted the vibration of a high-precision tuning fork into time — the crystallisation of the most advanced electronics of its day.

— Ultimate functional beauty, created by accident —

The Spaceview was originally no more than a sample for retailers.

But the exposed emerald green circuit board, the beautifully wound copper coils and the finely moving wheels made for a functional beauty so avant-garde that people began asking for this see-through model in numbers.

— A hum that marks its era, and the stillness of a sweeping hand —

Listen closely and you can hear the faint ring of the tuning fork.

A seconds hand marking time smoothly, without a stutter.

This transitional technology shone only for the short period before quartz spread, and it holds an engineering romance and warmth that modern watches do not have.

— The tuning fork's note, sounding across the decades —

The caseback is struck "M3," indicating manufacture in 1963: a watch that conveys the fever of the very earliest days.

The 35mm round case, stripped of everything unnecessary, sits surprisingly well with modern clothes.

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