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Vintage Watches

Bulova Accutron Watch

by admin on January 1, 2010

Bulova Accutron Watch Mechanics

One of the greatest achievements of the Bulova Watch corporation was the introduction of the Bulova Accutron watch.
This watch is special as it qualifies as the first Electronic watch and was used in the NASA mission to the moon in the 1960s.
The watch uses a tuning fork as a means of regulating the time keeping [...]

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Vintage Hamilton Watches

January 1, 2010
Hamilton Railroad Watch

If you are considering purchasing a vintage wrist watch I would recommend a Hamilton Vintage Watch. They provide excellent workmanship and movements. There are a large variety available, they provide good value for money and an excellent monetary investment. These factors all make Hamilton Vintage Watches a sought after timepiece by vintage watch collectors.
History of [...]

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Vintage Longines Watches

December 4, 2009
Louis Amédée de Savoie

The Longines brand stretches back to the 1830s and holds the oldest registered logo for a watch company. Longines is now owned by the Swatch Group and produces high-quality watches with both quartz and mechanical movements.
Vintage Longines watches are some of the most sought after vintages watches by collectors due to their design and precision. [...]

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Vintage Military Watches

November 22, 2009
World War I Jaeger LeCoultre Military Watch

Military watches, especially vintage military watches, are one of the most valuable and interesting collection items that a person can have. An old vintage military watch brings a certain kind of nostalgia, because they go way back.
Military watches were used by the armed forces as naval pieces. Chronometers were used in aviation, especially during the [...]

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Vintage Bulova Watches

November 22, 2009
Bulova Lone Eagle

In 1875 Joseph Bulova, a 23-year-old Czech immigrant, opened a small jewellery shop on Maiden Lane in New York City. By 1912 Bulova had set up its first plant dedicated to the production of watch components and their assembly into jewelled movements in Bienne, Switzerland. In 1923 the name Bulova Watch Company, Inc. [...]

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Vintage Watches

November 22, 2009
Vintage Chronograph watch

First how do you define a vintage watch. The consensus seems to be that they must have been made before the quartz revolution which came about in the 1960s. They will have a history and a vintage look to them.
The older vintage watches were pocket watches. These two different timepieces were created during different eras. [...]

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