New Accutron Spaceview 214 arrived today

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I've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of a 1969 (M9) Vintage Accutron Spaceview 214, and today was the day. The previous owner had put a new old-stock-original crystal and hands, such that it looks new, with a clean case and new period-appropriate black band that has the smell of a sweet pipe tobacco box that feels appropriate from the era it's coming from.

He even included an extra battery in addition to the one it was running on. It's an Energizer 387S Multi-drain 1.55 volt, which apparently replaces the original mercury 387 or else a 394/380 + spacer ring. I believe the original had a 1.3 volt mercury, though the closest thing I’ve seen to original spec is this:

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Placed up to my ear, I can hear it humming along. Iphone frequency app confirms that hum is the expected 360Hz.

I did alot of research prior to buying this, though the one thing I failed to do is visualize the size proportion of it on my wrist.... a problem if one is looking at photos without some reference size next to it. It's a 34mm diameter, which is a bit different than my 7.6" wrists are use to. I realize it's a common for the times size. The only thing that I have that compares in size in my collection is a 1951 Bolova

Here’s a size comparison to a more modern second hand sweep watch.

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Lume shot… my iphone camera doesn’t pick it up well, but you can see only the hands are visible.

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Credit to Accutron website for the period print images above

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I will remind myself that these are very fussy when things go wrong, since they are so very tempting. 34mm is one of two perfect sizes, and it fits perfectly as one would expect.

The hands, even if they sat in some dark cold storage facility for half a century, must have been repainted to glow like that for more than a couple seconds. Or was this some radioactive stuff?

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Nice!

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Gorgeous watch! I had a good sized collection of these including this model. I sold them all off a while back but I still smile when I see one.

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Always liked these. Very nice!

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That watch is absolute fire. Sooooo cool!!! 🤘😎

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I need to get my hands on one of these before the prices become way too outrageous to do so!