THE WORLDS FIRST ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE
Accutron is now in it's 50th year - The 214 first appeared in stores on October 25, 1960
THE INCOMPARABLE ACCUTRON
214
THE WORLDS FIRST ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE
Accutron is now in it's 50th year - The 214 first appeared in stores on October
25, 1960
No
Tick, No Tock:
Put an early Accutron (1960 to
1977) to your ear, and you will hear the
distinctive hum of an electronically driven tuning fork. The conversion from vibratory to rotary motion is so smooth
that the second hand appears to move continuously. The 214 is the first of its kind,
and it's the only caliber
that sets from the back of the case.
Accutron Changed Everything:
Before Accutron, the method of keeping time
mechanically had not changed since the invention of the "balance wheel" and "escapement" which occurred over 300 years ago.
Suddenly, at the end of 1960, a timepiece went on the market which was
inherently accurate and made the use of escapements and balance wheels obsolete.
There are only 12 moving parts in a 214 movement.