[time-nuts] Watches

[Daun Yeagley]

Yeah, and I sure hope they don't poison something in the process.

Daun 

-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On Behalf
Of Chuck Harris
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 5:54 AM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Watches

The Spaceview is the Accutron model that everyone seems to want (even I want
one),
so much so that the Chinese are now making the necessary reproduction parts to
convert a model with a normal dial to a Spaceview.

Apparently, there is no fraud so large, or so small that somebody in China
won't do the work necessary to make the fraud possible.

-Chuck Harris

Neon John wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 20:06:01 -0500, "Daun Yeagley" <daun at yeagley.net> wrote:
> 
>   I've wanted to experiment with that, but I need to come
>> up with another Accutron, as I don't want to ruin the Spaceview that I got
from
>> my wife on our first Christmas way back in '67!   Know any reasonable
sources?
> 
> There's at least one SpaceView out there in the wild.  The one my "jeweler"
stole
> from me back in the early 80s.  I took it in to get a new crystal and told him
I'd
> pick it up when I returned from a trip.  Couple months later when I returned I
got
> that ole "What watch?" treatment.  Bastid!
> 
>> I've been looking on Ebay, but they always seem to get bid way up, even for
one
>> that doesn't run.
> 
> Sleazebay isn't a very good source for that kind of stuff.  Watch your area
for
> estate auctions.  I've seen a few Accutrons go through in the last few years.
They
> typically bring very little.  I've been holding out for another SpaceView so I
> haven't bought anything.  
> 
> John
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> 
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