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tmaca
Posted April 24, 2016 - 1:47pm

In reply to by Geoff Baker

[quote=Geoff Baker]

This one is variant "203", we have several in the data base already, here's one example:

http://www.mybulova.com/watches/1960-accutron-5040

1960 Accutron 203

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For some reason, they're real hard to find.  Pretty much only collectors, and not lots of those, have them.  Probably 'cause they didn't get famous/popular, not many were made (in 1960), and a lot of them got scrapped because those inlays contain a good amount of gold.  I'd call them the poor man's really rare Accutron.  It took me several years, and two different 1960 Asymmetrics w/inlays, to put this watch together.  One had a good case, one had a good dial, etc.   And then I still needed a new indexing mechanism.  No longer having good enough eyesight for really small work, I sent everything off to Bob Piker at Mybob.net to get the case cleaned up, indexing mechanism installed, and everything put together into one watch.  I traded him everything that was left over, plus one of my spare 214 coilsets, for the work, and he did a real good job.  But I did keep a NOS coin dial, just in case I ever needed it.  I'd LOVE to find a Black coin dial for it, though.