Bulova Accutron 'Football' Asymmetrical Saffiano Trimmer than its Superocean 46

Trimmer than its Superocean 46 sibling

it features a silver-grained dial with applied gold 'Breguet' numerals

air travel was burgeoning

which allow the wearer to select a second time zone indicated in the 12:00 subsidiary register

it boasts a large mother-of-pearl dial with a time-telling subdial below 12 o'clock featuring a blued steel 'alpha' handset

Bulova Accutron 'Football' Asymmetrical Saffiano Trimmer than its Superocean 46In 1960, Bulova had a vision of the future and in that future, there was humming. The Accutron was the world's first electronic watch. About a decade before the infamous 'Quartz Crisis,' Bulova put into production a watch that did away with the traditional balance wheel, favoring instead a steel tuning fork powered by electromagnets attached to a battery powered transistor oscillator circuit. Designed by Max Hetzel, the Accutron made waves, becoming