Horological Meandering

OFFICIAL CIA issued watch of its time, and flight certified watch for use by pilots of the SR-71 spy plane. Though the Accutron 214HN movement can not claim to have been worn on the wrist of an Astronaut while walking on the lunar surface on the Appolo mi...  

I have several in need of a little love... ...  

here is his Facebook link send him a message ................. name of Robert Sotis ...... www.facebook.com

I know of him from another FB watch group, and I think he lurks in the group I hang with, The Accutron Collectors.

I use two guys, one in Oklahoma, one in Portland OR. Great work. Johnny in OK ( ) also is excellent with Omega f300's John Johnson is the other guy ( )

. . . not only his watch of choice, but the choice of many of his contemporaries. Your Astronaut GMT is in impeccable condition. Congrats, and thanks for sharing! Art

back in the day ... 1980's and early 1990's a great majority of the OLD / SENIOR watch smiths / makers (mom and pop shops, and big name service centers) wore accutrons on their wrists whilst they were repairing, servicing BIG NAME brands here in New York.... 

. . . than they seemingly do. One of the members of our local watch group collects them . . . perhaps he'll chime in with his thoughts. Art

Within the niche, the tuning fork watch community is pretty robust. Most unfamiliar are afraid of service and repairs. The good thing now is that there a lot of interest with younger collectors, and a few of them are getting skilled at repairing. Bulova h... 

. . . going into the coil business. Uncle Kris was working for Pacific Resistor then . . . he would've been able to reverse-engineer coil inductance values and make as many as we could sell. Art

A Spaceview. Still must get it a battery...

The 214's use a 387 S

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. . . same bracelet as hmmmcamu's - likely original, then. Art

Oh yes.

Hard to find. Forstner recently re-issuedthis one. “Komfit” bracelet