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Need help identifying this Accutron please.

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Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2012 02:15 am

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sjgarner717
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Any information on this watch would be great. How much is it worth?

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Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2012 02:16 am

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Picture of case back.

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Posted: Wed Nov 14th, 2012 05:43 am

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Hello Sjgarner,
Welcome to our forum . Ill take a stab at your watch.

Bulova made a great many Accutron watches in the short period of time that they did them. They had many variations to their designs, with out much by way of keeping records of every variance. This is pretty common for any watch company .
I am not a Accutron collector , but i have dealt in their movements from time to time . The watch you have almost certainly has a caliber 214 movement in it.The 214 is the early edition of the accutron line. It sets from the back and does not have a day or date feature that newer Accutrons would have. The newer models of accutrons would have caliber 218's in them , or their variants .
Your watch is a very nice version, as it is a stainless steel cased version. They tend to last a long time, and stand up well to use. Compare a gold plated base metal case to a stainless steel one after 30 odd years of use. I had a base metal model that age ,that darn near melted after that period.

Your watch isnt exactly mentioned in the collectors books i have on Bulova's. They have a very similar model listed as being made in 1967, a Reference number 252. The case is the same, and its stainless steel. The dial arrangement is exactly the same, though the one shown is white in color. The indices and hour marks are the same on the dial. I would assume that your watch was made AFTER the release of the original 252 , and would explain the updated dial your watch has.
The case back on your watch appears to have a "N0" stamped on it. This is the year it was made. So yours looks like a 1970 model. I did a pretty exhaustive search online for any models like your watch , and couldnt find another exactly like it.

The collectors pricing guides that i have list the watch at being worth 100.00 US in good used working condition. The mid range price for the watch , great somewhat used condition that works is at 175.00 , and the near mint to unused working condition watch being at 250.00 . If the watch is NOT working, i have recently sold a few 214 movements from the same time period , neither working , and i got 40.00 roughly for each movement. Piece parting out the watch might make you 70 -90 dollars over time if the watch doesnt work.
I would guess your watch would fetch about 125.00 in the condition i see from the pics you posted. And that is if it is working.
Hope this helps some.
Rod

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