1972 Bulova Accuquarts Day Date. Asymmetric shaped case. 2242 Bulova UAS movement. This a another is another that had been discarded as broken. When I acquired this watch the battery retaining bar was missing. A fellow Bulova collector in a Facebook group was kind enough to offer me one of his spares for free. Once installed with a new battery it took running. Humming like a champ. As you can see, the movement has had a rough time or two. Looks like severe battery corrosion but still has not stopped this guy from keeping almost perfect time. The first month I had it operating it picked up 12 seconds. There is still some work to be done. The wind is tough and the day and date wheel do not advance. It has an appointment with my watchmaker and hopefully will be good as new soon. I love the Asymmetric shape watches. Its just a great piece to look at. The shape, the dial finish is a sort of a two tone metallic, the diamond and logo at the 9.
I have so far been unable to locate any adverts with this case style.
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In reply to Very cool! Certainly worth… by neetstuf-4-u
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This is a model you do not see very often. Definitely one to fix. The line book shows a Accuquartz movement and this one is an Accutron one. Did Bulova use Accuquartz in the later years for all quartz or Accutron movements? I will leave it up the experts on this as I am not familiar with these later models.
In reply to This is a model you do not… by JimDon5822
Well, its the Accuquartz...no the Accutron. My understanding is they were only made a few years and were in between the Transistor controlled Accutron and the full blown quartz Accutron. This is still a tuning fork movement but some of the transistors were replaced with this quartz doohickey setup. See photo...
In reply to Well, its the Accuquartz… by catangen
In reply to This is a model you do not… by JimDon5822
To a little confusion. I have been looking through the database and found a listing for another 1972 Accuquartz "F" and it nothing like my example here. Its an 18k round body with im assuming a custom made bracelet. Quite unique but I am wondering how they are totally different but both classified an "F" model.