EEVblog #920 - World's First Transistor Watch!

The Bulova Accutron Spaceview 214, the world's first transistorised
watch!
Space age technology from the 1960's, the world's most accurate watch at the time using a 360Hz tuning fork mechanism. Used by NASA on many space missions including Apollo 11.
See it operate at 1000fps!
All the info: http://members.iinet.net.au/~fotoplot/acc.htm
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