Genuine Accutron Astronaut 214 RED 24 Hour Hands !
Mar 3, 2018 19:04:44 GMT -8
Post by Accutronitis on Mar 3, 2018 19:04:44 GMT -8
Another Accutron Resource Forum first ! Seen here for the first time ANYWHERE The NOS Genuine Accutron Astronaut 214 RED 24 Hour Hands !
You may have seen others state in one watch forum or another that the Accutron Astronaut 214 never came from the factory with a RED 24 hour hand but just know that comes from someone that just lacks enough first-hand Accutron 214 experience, I myself have worked on more than one Accutron Astronaut 214 that had the factory RED 24 Hour hand and had traceable history back to the factory and so have other known and highly experienced Accutron 214 repairmen such as Bob Piker at MyBob.net not to mention there is plenty of photographic evidence out there showing many examples of Accutron Astronaut 214's with the factory RED 24 hour hands.
Here is but a Few...
I have now added one of these very rare Bulova factory hands to my Bulova Accutron 214 collection, It came from a Bulova factory envelope that contained a number of these hand in individual paper folds and unfortunately the envelope was not included...
And since this is "Under The Microscope" let's take a closer look at the NOS Genuine Factory Bulova Accutron Astronaut 214 "RED" 24 Hour Hand under a microscope! In the first two photos you can clearly see the "grain" of the sheet metal that the hands are stamped from, And all sheet metal has a "grain" as anyone who has worked with sheet metal will tell you, One of the very first things you learn when working with sheet metal is always bend against the grain and NOT with it or often the sheet metal will crack at the bend if the bend is sharp enough !
There you have it, Another "REMEMBER YOU SEEN THESE HERE FIRST" from The Accutron Resource Forum !
You may have seen others state in one watch forum or another that the Accutron Astronaut 214 never came from the factory with a RED 24 hour hand but just know that comes from someone that just lacks enough first-hand Accutron 214 experience, I myself have worked on more than one Accutron Astronaut 214 that had the factory RED 24 Hour hand and had traceable history back to the factory and so have other known and highly experienced Accutron 214 repairmen such as Bob Piker at MyBob.net not to mention there is plenty of photographic evidence out there showing many examples of Accutron Astronaut 214's with the factory RED 24 hour hands.
Here is but a Few...
I have now added one of these very rare Bulova factory hands to my Bulova Accutron 214 collection, It came from a Bulova factory envelope that contained a number of these hand in individual paper folds and unfortunately the envelope was not included...
And since this is "Under The Microscope" let's take a closer look at the NOS Genuine Factory Bulova Accutron Astronaut 214 "RED" 24 Hour Hand under a microscope! In the first two photos you can clearly see the "grain" of the sheet metal that the hands are stamped from, And all sheet metal has a "grain" as anyone who has worked with sheet metal will tell you, One of the very first things you learn when working with sheet metal is always bend against the grain and NOT with it or often the sheet metal will crack at the bend if the bend is sharp enough !
There you have it, Another "REMEMBER YOU SEEN THESE HERE FIRST" from The Accutron Resource Forum !