It is not often that alternative movements come to market. This is one of them. The Bulova AccutronSpaceview, replete with incredible accuracy and a space-age look, represented a technological milestone that foreshadowed quartz watches. Space-Age-Technology-Was-a-Watchmaking-Milestone-gear-patrol-lead-full Unwind In Time. There are four sporty skeletonized watches in theAccutron DNA collection, all retailing for $3,300. Accutron’s name will also be given to a range of Legacy watches that take inspiration from across the decades since 1960. The new Accutronwatches are, fundamentally, quartz watches, but they do not so much represent a refinement of quartz timekeeping technology as they do a use of the quartz resonator as a jumping-off point for an aesthetic re-invention of such technology. Bulova - AccutronSpaceview 214 M3. Accutron is a name well-known to the majority of avid watch lovers.TheAccutron took the timekeeping world by storm. The revolutionary approach to making it happen was the use of the tuning fork technologyin a watch mechanism. Accutron first Spaceview from 1960 © Accutron. The early 1960s were an age of optimism. Space exploration stoked the public’s interest in science and technology, and the promise of tuning fork movements was a game-changer. The design cues of theAccutron were also daring. But they contain important andrevolutionarytechnology that has had a tremendous impact on today's world.