My father's 1966(?) Spaceview watch. Trying to verify the year as the crystal seems to match 1965 models but the marking on the back seems to indicate 1966.
Awesome to have your fathers watch. Even better when it is a classic 1966 Bulova Accutron Spaceview.
In this era, we will almost always defer to the case date code. Congrats on a wonderful keepsake. 1966 Bulova Accutron Spaceview.
Do you have some information that you can share that suggests the 1965 version had a different crystal than the 1966 version?
It would be great to know if this was the case.
We have 2 adverts on site showing the 1965 "H" (yellow) and the 1969 "G" (white) with the same crystal, which is a match for your watch, which I believe is correct.
1966 Bulova Accutron Spaceview "G"
Welcome to myBulova and thank you for sharing your father's watch with us, it is a wonderful heirloom!
1966 Bulova Accutron Spaceview "G"
Thank you all for your contributions and comments. It does make perfect sense that this is a 1966 as my father graduated from Yale that Spring and was immediately hired on as an engineer for General Dynamics Electric Boat Division in Groton, Connecticut designing submarines. He once told me many years ago that he bought this watch as a graduation gift to himself when he got his first paycheck. I wasn't sure of the watch's build year however, as it would have been possible that the jeweler had a 1965 in stock when he bought it. The only evidence I had that this might be a 1965 were a couple of photographs that I came across when researching 1965 & 1966 images for "1960's vintage Accutron Spaceview watches" on Google. I found 2 exact matches for the crystal on my dad's watch (there were several variations attributed to those years) and both were labeled as 1965 models. There was no supporting documentation or photographs of the backs however, so the owners of those watches may have been mistaken.