Re: Bulova Accutron quartz mod

The analogy doesn't work because with the acccutron the end result is
a bettter timekeeper. It's accuracy will improve by over 50% and
battery life will double.

And regarding the ferrari conversion the result could easily be a car
with equal power and probably a much less finnicky and more reliable
motor. Look what the Ford motor did for the AC automobile.


On Mar 17, 8:32 pm, "Bert Kanters" <f...@xxxxx> wrote:
It's like putting a Chevy V8 in a vintage Ferrari with a broken V12. It has
been done in the past but not today anymore.

"John S." <hjs...@xxxxxx> schreef in berichtnews:b9dea93e-87ee-475f-80bd-a5011ea1ebf1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Mar 16, 12:57 am, "Revision" <ttsREM...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

info found on a forum ... I think the original movement should be
retained,
but for those who choose otherwise:

"Bulova offered a quartz conversion kit.... for repair folks to swap into
Accutrons coming in for service, after Bulova discontinued the Accutron.
Currently there is ONE quartz movement, an ISA 1198/42-4 that is a direct
swap for an Accutron 218 day date, right down to the dial feet locations
and
stem at 16:00"

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For the owner of a busted tuning fork watch who simply wants a
timekeeper that choice makes a lot of sense.  For a collector of old
accutrons it makes no sense whatsoever.

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